Blacklisting

Blacklisting is the formal or informal exclusion of individuals or organizations from government participation — employment, contracting, advisory roles, security clearances — based on their speech, associations, or political beliefs. Concrete forms include lists distributed within agencies marking certain figures as ineligible, refusals to hire individuals whose names appear on partisan donor lists, and the directed exclusion of specific scholars or experts from advisory bodies because of their published views. The publication tracks documented patterns of exclusion; routine vetting of public statements against fitness for specific positions is a separate matter.