Federal Judge Rules Trump Mass Firing Order Was 'Illegal' and 'Should Be Stopped' | Common Dreams
www.commondreams.org
The Office of Personnel Management "does not have any authority whatsoever under any statute in the history of the universe to hire and fire employees at another agency," wrote Judge William Alsup.

It was unclear, however, whether Alsup’s ruling would do much to stem the Trump administration’s sweeping purge of the federal workforce, as it was limited to agencies directly involved in the case. It was also not clear that the ruling would result in fired probationary employees getting their jobs back.

According toBloomberg Law, “the judge listed the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the National Science Foundation among the agencies that are barred from engaging in layoffs ordered by OPM.”

Politiconoted that “Alsup stopped short of ordering the agencies to reinstate the fired workers or to halt looming firing,” saying he “doesn’t currently have the authority to do that.”

    • sugar_in_your_teaEnglish
      8·
      6 hours ago

      Politiconoted that “Alsup stopped short of ordering the agencies to reinstate the fired workers or to halt looming firing,” saying he “doesn’t currently have the authority to do that.”

      I, for one, appreciate when judges know the law.

      He should’ve been more broad in preventing it in other agencies, but at least there’s precedent.

      • PanamaltEnglish
        2·
        5 hours ago

        Perhaps this is true, but I feel like it’s more likely he doesn’t want to push his authority any farther because, like most people times likes these, he is terrified of how everything he says and does might come back on him.

        • sugar_in_your_teaEnglish
          1·
          5 hours ago

          Maybe. I honestly don’t know the specifics on what judges can or cannot do, but I do know I don’t want activist judges who go beyond their legal authority. So in general, I prefer restraint.