US Supreme Court halts reinstatement of fired federal employees

Supreme Court Will Allow Trump Administration to Fire 16,000 Probationary Workers

The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to fire 16,000 federal workers in their probationary period. Tuesday’s ruling did not determine whether the administration unlawfully fired the workers, as their union, the American Federation of Government Employees, argued in a lawsuit; instead, justices ruled 7 to 2 that the plaintiffs lacked legal standing to bring their case.

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to terminate 16,000 probationary federal workers

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration’s firing of 16,000 probationary federal employees across six agencies and departments to go forward. The high court’s 7-2 decision blocks a ruling from a lower court judge that required the government to temporarily reinstate more than 16,000 probationary employees (per CNN). In the unsigned, two paragraph opinion, the court said that the nine labor unions and nonprofit groups that br…

Many lawyers who argue for Trump at Supreme Court are heading for the exit

At least half of the front-line attorneys in the solicitor general’s office plan to leave as Trump’s emergency requests pile up at the high court, people familiar with the situation said.

Supreme Court halts lower court’s ruling on federal worker firings

The Supreme Court halted a lower court's ruling that would have reinstated thousands of probationary federal workers fired by the Trump administration. The workers were terminated earlier this year by the Office of Personnel Management as part of a broader effort to reduce the size of the federal government. The Court ruled 7-2 that nonprofit groups lacked standing to sue, blocking the reinstatement order. A decision is still pending from the U.…

Supreme Court Rebukes Activist Judges

The victories all point to one undeniable truth: President Trump was right, and the activist judges were wrong.