Supreme Court Sides With Trump on Mass Federal Layoffs

The Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump to downsize the federal workforce. Critics warned that the government would lose critical services. They expressed concern that hundreds of thousands of federal employees would lose their jobs. The justices overrode lower court orders that temporarily froze the cuts, which the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has led.

Supreme Court’s Decision

The court stated in an unsigned order that no specific cuts were presented to the justices, only an executive order issued by Trump and an administration directive instructing agencies to begin job reductions. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was the only dissenting vote, accused her colleagues of a “demonstrated enthusiasm for green-lighting this President’s legally dubious actions in an emergency posture.” Wrote the Supreme Court Justice, “This executive action promises mass employee terminations, widespread cancellation of federal programs and services, and the dismantling of much of the Federal Government as Congress has created it.”

The Supreme Court’s Intervention

The high court continued to hand out an unprecedented winning streak for Trump, whom the justices have allowed to move forward with significant parts of his plan to remake the federal government. The Supreme Court’s intervention so far has been in response to the frequent emergency appeals the Justice Department has filed, objecting to lower-court rulings as improperly intruding on presidential authority.

DOGE Effect

Trump has repeatedly said voters gave him a mandate for the work, and he tapped billionaire ally Elon Musk to lead the charge through DOGE. “Today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling is another definitive victory for the president and his administration,” White House spokesperson Harrison Fields said in a statement. “It clearly rebukes the continued assaults on the president’s constitutionally authorized executive powers by leftist judges who are trying to prevent the president from achieving government efficiency across the federal government.” Musk’s time with DOGE recently came to an end, and he has since gone “scorched earth” against the president and his administration.

Self Firing

Thousands of federal workers have left their jobs through deferred resignation programs or taken leave. The government has not released an official figure for the job cuts, and at least 75,000 federal employees have submitted deferred resignations. Employers have already let go of thousands of probationary workers. In May, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston found that Trump’s administration needs congressional approval to make massive reductions to the federal workforce. A panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to block Illston’s order, finding that the downsizing could have broader effects, including on the nation’s food safety system and healthcare for veterans. Illston directed numerous federal agencies to halt acting on the president’s workforce executive order, signed in February, and a subsequent memo issued by DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management.

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