US EditionJudge extends order barring the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the shutdown
Judge Susan Illston halted firings affecting about 4,100 workers, ruling layoffs politically motivated and potentially illegal during ongoing government shutdown litigation.
- A federal judge in San Francisco has indefinitely barred the Trump administration from firing federal employees during the government shutdown, according to U.S. District Judge Susan Illston.
- Judge Illston believes evidence will ultimately show that the mass firings were illegal and exceeded authority, according to her previous comments.
- Labor unions, including the American Federation of Government Employees, have sued to stop the layoffs, claiming they were an abuse of power designed to punish workers.
- Democratic lawmakers demand that any deal to reopen the federal government address health care subsidies and reverse Medicaid cuts in Trump's tax bill, as part of their negotiation terms.
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Judge Indefinitely Blocks Trump Admin From Firing Federal Workers During Shutdown
US District Judge Susan Illston again sided with federal workers over President Donald Trump's administration, indefinitely extending her block on the mass firing of government employees during the second-longest shutdown in history.
A U.S. federal budget is also missing weeks after the start of the shutdown. The government therefore wanted to dismiss employees - to which a California federal court pushes a bar until further notice.
Judge extends block on Trump’s mass layoffs during shutdown | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
A federal judge today extended a block that prevents President Donald Trump’s administration from laying off thousands of federal employees amid a nearly month-long partial government shutdown.
During the shutdown in the United States, Donald Trump's government is no longer allowed to terminate a federal officer, which was decided by a US federal judge.
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