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Re:Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K by Fomite on Thursday August 15, 2019 @08:32PM (#20711087)
"For the purpose of this title— (1) the “civil service” consists of all appointive positions in the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the Government of the United States, except positions in the uniformed services;"

5 U.S. Code § 2101. Civil service; armed forces; uniformed services

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Re:Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K by rayiner on Thursday August 15, 2019 @10:17PM (#20711580)
That statute uses the term only as a descriptor for employment-related statutory provisions. It obviously cannot create an executive-branch "civil service" independent and autonomous from the President, when the Constitution expressly vests all executive power in the office of the President.
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