President-elect Trump’s vow to fire the Justice Department lawyers pursuing the prosecution of him certainly puts into sharp relief the question of civil service reform. It’s part of a gathering storm over whether he, or any, president can tame the entrenched Washington bureaucracy. It sets the stage for a confrontation over the thicket of laws that shield federal civil servants from being fired. These laws, some of which date from the 19th century, are ripe for reappraisal.