California is poised to end the ban on actual and literal Communists being government employees.

“Lawmakers narrowly approved the bill to repeal part of a law enacted during the Red Scare of the 1940s and ’50s when fear that communists were trying to infiltrate and overthrow the U.S. government was rampant. […]

“It would eliminate part of the law that allows public employees to be fired for being a member of the Communist Party.

“Employees could still be fired for being members of organizations they know advocate for overthrowing the government by force or violence.”