Judge William Alsup just ordered federal agencies to immediately reinstate tens of thousands of probationary workers who were fired under Trump/DOGE.
Article 2, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution reads:”The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.”
Ignore these clowns until these cases hit the Supreme Court.
? #BREAKING: A federal judge has just ORDERED six federal agencies to reinstate THOUSANDS of probationary employees terminated by the President after being suggested by DOGE
Apparently the President is NO LONGER in control of the executive branch. Rogue judges are.
INSANE. pic.twitter.com/9FN6warobB
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 13, 2025
Clinton appointee judge William Alsup ruled that Trump must reinstate terminated probationary employees, citing the Civil Service Act.
There's only one problem; the Civil Service Act allows large scale reductions in force as long as they aren't based on political affiliation,…
— Truth Tsar (@truthtsar) March 14, 2025
ABC: A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of probationary employees fired last month from a half dozen federal agencies. U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered the Trump administration to reinstate employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Department of Interior and the Department of Treasury. He also prohibited the Office of Personnel Management from issuing any guidance about whether employees can be terminated (ABC).
AP:Two federal judges handed down orders requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to rehire thousands, if not tens of thousands, of probationary workers let go in mass firings across multiple agencies Thursday, slowing down for now the president’s dramatic downsizing of the federal government.
Both judges separately found legal problems with the way the mass terminations were carried out and ordered the employees at least temporarily brought back on the job.
The Trump administration has already appealed the first ruling. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt cast it as an attempt to encroach on the president’s power to hire and fire employees. “The Trump Administration will immediately fight back against this absurd and unconstitutional order,” she said in a statement.
In San Francisco, U.S. District Judge William Alsup found Thursday morning that terminations across six agencies were directed by the Office of Personnel Management and an acting director, Charles Ezell, who lacked the authority to do so.
In Baltimore, U.S. District Judge James Bredar found that the administration did not follow laws set out for large-scale layoffs, including 60 days’ advance notice. Bredar, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, ordered the firings temporarily halted and the workforce returned to the status quo before the layoffs began.
Article posted with permission from Pamela Geller
