{"id":2421189,"date":"2025-04-08T12:51:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T16:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-halts-order-to-rehire-federal-workers-removed-by-trump-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T12:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T16:55:13","slug":"supreme-court-halts-order-to-rehire-federal-workers-removed-by-trump-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-halts-order-to-rehire-federal-workers-removed-by-trump-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court halts order to rehire federal workers removed by Trump &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-halts-order-to-rehire-federal-workers-removed-by-trump-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2421189&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Supreme Court recently issued a ruling that temporarily halts a federal judge&#8217;s order to reinstate thousands of federal workers fired by the Trump administration. This decision represents an early victory for the administration&#8217;s efforts to streamline the federal workforce. The Court&#8217;s unsigned order blocks a March 13 injunction from U.S. District Judge William Alsup, which had required six federal agencies to rehire approximately 16,000 employees who were let go under what the administration framed as performance-based terminations during an aggressive push to reduce government bureaucracy.<\/p>\n<p>The majority decision stated that the nonprofit organizations pursuing the injunction lacked the standing to sue, although this ruling does not affect other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/haleon-rejects-zantac-indemnification-requests-from-gsk-pfizer\/\" title=\"Haleon rejects Zantac indemnification requests from GSK, Pfizer\">legal cases related<\/a> to the matter.Dissenting justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson expressed their disagreement wiht the decision. The fired employees were primarily probationary workers, many of whom were long-time civil servants recently promoted or reassigned. <\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration&#8217;s approach has been criticized by Judge Alsup, who questioned the legitimacy of the claimed performance issues. The Justice Department argued that judge Alsup\u2019s actions infringed upon executive powers regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-recalibrates-as-foes-target-musk-and-tariffs-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump recalibrates as foes target Musk and tariffs - Washington Examiner\">federal personnel decisions<\/a>. Following attempts by the Trump administration to seek relief from a lower court&#8217;s order, the Supreme Court&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">intervention signifies ongoing legal battles related<\/a> to federal employment policies under trump\u2019s administration.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Supreme Court halts order to rehire federal workers removed by Trump<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2086348\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Supreme Court<\/a>&nbsp;on Tuesday blocked a federal judge&rsquo;s sweeping order requiring the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a> to rehire thousands of fired federal employees, marking an early legal win for the president&rsquo;s plan to slash government bureaucracy.<\/p>\n<p>In a brief, unsigned order, the high court sided with the administration and froze a March 13 injunction from U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3346852\/judge-reinstates-federal-workers-trump-layoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ordered six agencies<\/a> to reinstate 16,000 recently hired probationary employees pending litigation over the legality of their mass terminations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3373755\/peter-navarro-promises-market-finding-bottom-no-recession\/\">Navarro promises the market is finding the bottom: &#8216;I guarantee no recession&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3373678\/rand-paul-trump-tariffs-based-on-fallacy\/\">Rand Paul argues Trump tariffs are based on &#8216;fallacy&#8217; that trades rip off US<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3373666\/former-wisconsin-supreme-court-justice-give-up-law-license\/\">Former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice to give up law license after 2020 election probe<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The majority of the justices said the nine nonprofit organizations that obtained the injunction lacked standing to sue. However, the order does not affect claims filed by other plaintiffs in separate but related cases, leaving parts of the legal fight unresolved. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson, two of the court&rsquo;s Democratic-appointed justices, noted their dissent from the unsigned decision.<\/p>\n<p>The six agencies targeted by Alsup&rsquo;s order include the departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Energy, Interior, and Treasury.<\/p>\n<p>The firings stem from the Trump administration&rsquo;s aggressive push, led partly by Elon Musk, to streamline the federal workforce and dismantle what officials describe as a bloated and inefficient bureaucracy. The administration has framed the firings as performance-based terminations of probationary workers, a claim Alsup sharply questioned.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is a sad day when our government would fire some good employee and say it was based on performance when they know good and well that&rsquo;s a lie,&rdquo; Alsup, a Clinton appointee, said at a March hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The fired employees are mostly probationary hires, meaning they typically worked less than a year or two in their current roles. Many were longtime civil servants who were recently promoted or shifted into new roles. Probationary workers typically do not yet enjoy all the workforce protections that cover federal employees.<\/p>\n<p>A separate federal judge in Baltimore also ordered reinstatement of probationary workers across 18 agencies in a case brought by 19 Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department, in urging the Supreme Court to intervene, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3347071\/white-house-ruling-trump-rehire-fired-federal-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">accused<\/a> Alsup of attempting to &ldquo;hijack the employment relationship between the federal government and its workforce,&rdquo; arguing the injunction violated the Constitution&rsquo;s separation of powers by interfering with executive personnel decisions.<\/p>\n<p>After the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/peanut24.bsky.social\/post\/3lld4gjbuc22w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">declined<\/a> to pause Alsup&rsquo;s order on March 26, the DOJ sought emergency relief from the Supreme Court, which granted the Trump administration&rsquo;s request on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3369706\/unions-urge-supreme-court-uphold-reinstatement-federal-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>UNIONS URGE SUPREME COURT TO UPHOLD REINSTATEMENT OF 16,000 FIRED FEDERAL WORKERS <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alsup also criticized the administration&rsquo;s initial response to his order, faulting officials for placing employees on administrative leave rather than returning them to active duty. The Justice Department countered that the move was a necessary step in the reinstatement process and not an attempt to sidestep the judge&rsquo;s order.<\/p>\n<p>The broader legal fight over federal employment authority under Trump&rsquo;s reforms is expected to continue across multiple jurisdictions in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2086348\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2086348\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court blocks order to rehire federal workers fired by Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2421190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25028839148024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[48942,53062,32275,3634],"class_list":["post-2421189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-federal-workers","tag-rehire","tag-supreme-court","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25028839148024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2421189"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2421193,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421189\/revisions\/2421193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2421190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2421189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2421189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2421189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}