Stanley Forman Reed

“ Under Civil Service Rule V, § 5.101 (a) , [6] federal employees found disqualified for federal employment because of a reasonable doubt as to their loyalty are barred from the federal competitive service for three years. This 'final determination' as to loyalty is and can be made only by the head of a department or agency on recommendation of a loyalty board. [7] When the head of a department acts on the Review Board's recommendation, § 5.101 (a) becomes effective. The Review Board, acting as an agency of the Civil Service Commission, then notifies the employee of his disqualification. ”

“ The Executive Branch is traditionally free to handle its internal problems of administration in its own way. The legality of judicial review of such intra-executive operations as this is, for me, not completely free from doubt. ”