This represents substantive constitutional damage through erosion of civil service protections established to prevent patronage and ensure professional governance. Rule_of_law (4): Undermines merit-based system and due process protections for federal workers. Capture (4): Facilitates political control of bureaucracy, enabling loyalty-based rather than competence-based staffing. Election (3): Affects electoral administration capacity and independence of agencies. Separation (3): Weakens checks on executive power by making agencies more politically compliant. Civil_rights (3): Removes employment protections for affected workers. Policy_change mechanism with federal scope and narrow population yields 1.3x and 1.1x modifiers. Severity multipliers reflect durability (1.2 - creates precedent for further erosion), reversibility (1.1 - requires legislative action to fully restore), and precedent (1.2 - establishes template for broader civil service dismantling). Base 19 × 1.584 × 1.43 = 36.6. B-score moderate: generates partisan outrage and media coverage but lacks viral memetic qualities. Strategic layer shows timing coordination and narrative alignment with 'deep state' framing. D-score of +17.65 clearly indicates List A classification.