Home Congress Trump's plan to remove merit from the merit system Congress Trump's plan to remove merit from the merit system By cjordan@thehill.com Donald P. Moynihan Opinion Contributor - October 28, 2020 5 0 SHARE Facebook Twitter President Trump has mused about firing Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Thankfully, he can’t do it. Fauci is a career civil servant, and so cannot be removed without cause. But Trump just signed…