Lawfare Archive: Nick Bednar on Trump's Civil Service Executive Orders
Lawfare Archive: Nick Bednar on Trump's Civil Service Executive Orders  
Podcast: The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition
Published On: Sun Feb 22 2026
Description: From January 28, 2025: In today’s episode, Lawfare Senior Editor Alan Z. Rozenshtein speaks with his University of Minnesota Law colleague, Nick Bednar, about the wave of Day 1 executive orders affecting the civil service. Bednar recently analyzed these orders in a piece for Lawfare. They discuss what the orders say, how they might be challenged in court, and what this means for the next four years and beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.