US EditionTrump Asks Supreme Court to Let Federal Layoffs Move Forward
- President Donald Trump's administration renewed its request on June 2, 2025, for the Supreme Court to allow federal workforce downsizing despite ongoing legal challenges in California.
- The request follows a California judge's ruling last month that the administration needs congressional approval for major workforce reductions and an appeals court's refusal to freeze that order.
- The reductions, overseen by the Department of Government Efficiency, have impacted tens of thousands of federal employees through terminations, deferred resignation arrangements, and leave initiatives across several government agencies.
- A split decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals highlighted that the workforce reductions might have wide-reaching consequences for national food safety and veterans’ medical services, while Solicitor General D. John Sauer contended that the judiciary had exceeded its constitutional limits.
- The Supreme Court has set a response deadline for labor unions and several municipalities, such as Baltimore, Chicago, and San Francisco, as ongoing litigation challenges the widespread termination of probationary employees.
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Federal appeals court upholds order blocking Education Department closure • Wisconsin Examiner
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building pictured on Nov. 25, 2024. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court late Wednesday upheld a lower court’s order requiring the U.S. Education Department to reinstate more than 1,300 fired employees and blocking an executive order to dismantle the department and a directive to transfer some services to other federal agencies. The ruling from a three-j…
Federal appeals court upholds order blocking Education Department closure • Oklahoma Voice
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building pictured on Nov. 25, 2024. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court late Wednesday upheld a lower court’s order requiring the U.S. Education Department to reinstate more than 1,300 fired employees and blocking an executive order to dismantle the department and a directive to transfer some services to other federal agencies. The ruling from a three-j…
Federal appeals court upholds order blocking Education Department closure • Missouri Independent
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building pictured on Nov. 25, 2024. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court late Wednesday upheld a lower court’s order requiring the U.S. Education Department to reinstate more than 1,300 fired employees and blocking an executive order to dismantle the department and a directive to transfer some services to other federal agencies. The ruling from a three-j…
Federal appeals court upholds order blocking Education Department closure - The Southern Maryland Chronicle
The Maryland contextFrom Maryland MattersMaryland was one of 20 states and the District of Columbia that had sued the Trump administration on U.S. District Court in Massachusetts to block orders to lay off the workers and shift some of its responsibilities to other federal agencies. The appeal involved the states’ case and another by education and labor organizations.WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court late Wednesday upheld a lower court’s orde…
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