Borges-Colon v. Roman-Abreu

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

This is the latest in a series of cases which involve the tension between a newly elected administration’s ability to reorganize government, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, two constitutional limitations — the First Amendment’s prohibitions against discriminating against government employees based on their political affiliation and the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments’ prohibitions against depriving such employees of property interests in their employment without due process of law.

This court has had to address these tensions in cases, usually from Puerto Rico, in…