Court halts Trump administration’s planned mass federal firings
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An appeals court has struck down the Trump administration’s bid to resume mass firings of federal workers, effectively reinstituting judicial oversight over executive personnel cuts. The ruling underscores the enduring tension between administrative power and the checks imposed by the court system.
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals says the Trump administration has ‘not identified a federal statute’ granting the authority to conduct mass firings.
"The Executive Order at issue here far exceeds the President’s supervisory powers under the Constitution," wrote Circuit Judge William Fletcher, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton
An appeals court is keeping in place a court block on the Trump administration’s downsizing of the federal workforce
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The White House had sought an emergency stay of an injunction issued by U.S. Judge Susan Illston of San Francisco in a lawsuit brought by labor unions and cities, including San Francisco and Chicago.
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The mass firings of thousands of federal workers by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — with the blessing of President Donald Trump — have been ruled illegal, and Trump just lost an appeal to reverse that previous order.In a Bluesky post, Politico legal…
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