Samuel Riley v. Rod R. Blagojevich, Thomas Snyder v. Rod R. Blagojevich

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• holding that assistant prison wardens in Illinois may be hired or fired on political grounds
• contemplating that a systemat‐ ically unreliable job description could precipitate a factual inquiry, but quoting Danahy v. Buscaglia, 134 F.3d 1185, 1191 (2d Cir. 1998
• contemplating that a systemat‐ ically unreliable job description could precipitate a factual inquiry, but quoting Danahy v. Buscaglia, 134 F.3d 1185, 1191 (2d Cir. 1998
• noting that only the current description was in the record before the court
• explaining that policymaker exception does not apply to “employees who have merely ministerial duties — who really have very little discretion — and employees whose discretion is channeled by professional rather than political norms”
• “Incoming political leaders should be enabled to discover without protracted inquiry which jobs they can fill.”

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