{"id":2457049,"date":"2025-07-08T17:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T21:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-agrees-trump-can-resize-the-federal-bureaucracy\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T17:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T21:34:14","slug":"scotus-agrees-trump-can-resize-the-federal-bureaucracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-agrees-trump-can-resize-the-federal-bureaucracy\/","title":{"rendered":"SCOTUS Agrees Trump Can Resize The Federal Bureaucracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fscotus-agrees-trump-can-resize-the-federal-bureaucracy%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=2457049&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 U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily allowed the Trump management to proceed wiht implementing an executive order aimed at resizing the federal bureaucracy. In an 8-1 decision, the Court granted a stay on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-orders-biden-admin-to-reinstate-trump-immigration-policy\/\" title=\"... Orders Biden Admin To Reinstate Trump Immigration Policy\">lower court injunction<\/a> that had blocked the administration&#8217;s policy, which involves large-scale reductions in federal workforce and the separation of temporary employees and reemployed annuitants. The stay will remain until appeals in the Ninth Circuit and potential supreme Court review are resolved. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, criticizing the majority for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >overruling lower court findings<\/a> without sufficient evidence of emergency or harm. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, while joining the majority, emphasized that the legality of the restructuring plans remains to be decided by lower courts.The article was writen by Shawn Fleetwood for The Federalist.  <\/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<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:US_Supreme_Court_-_corrected.jpg\">Jarek Tuszy&#324;ski\/Wikimedia Commons\/<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/deed.en\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/08\/scotus-blocks-lower-court-injunction-on-trumps-effort-to-resize-the-federal-bureaucracy\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=SCOTUS%20Blocks%20Lower%20Court%20Injunction%20On%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20Effort%20To%20Resize%20The%20Federal%20Bureaucracy&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/08\/scotus-blocks-lower-court-injunction-on-trumps-effort-to-resize-the-federal-bureaucracy\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=SCOTUS%20Blocks%20Lower%20Court%20Injunction%20On%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20Effort%20To%20Resize%20The%20Federal%20Bureaucracy&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/08\/scotus-blocks-lower-court-injunction-on-trumps-effort-to-resize-the-federal-bureaucracy\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/08\/scotus-blocks-lower-court-injunction-on-trumps-effort-to-resize-the-federal-bureaucracy\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=SCOTUS%20Blocks%20Lower%20Court%20Injunction%20On%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20Effort%20To%20Resize%20The%20Federal%20Bureaucracy&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/08\/scotus-blocks-lower-court-injunction-on-trumps-effort-to-resize-the-federal-bureaucracy\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily agreed that the Trump administration can move forward with implementing an executive order to resize the federal bureaucracy. <\/p>\n<p>In its 8-1 decision, the justices <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/24pdf\/24a1174_h3ci.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">granted<\/a> a request from the administration to stay a lower court ruling attempting to block the president and his team from carrying out the policy in question. Signed by President Trump on Feb. 11, the order <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/02\/implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency-workforce-optimization-initiative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">instructed<\/a> the heads of federal agencies to &ldquo;promptly undertake preparations to initiate large-scale reductions in force (RIFs), consistent with applicable law, and to separate from Federal service temporary employees and reemployed annuitants working in areas that will likely be subject to the RIFs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-420165567\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to Tuesday&rsquo;s order, the temporary stay on the lower court injunction will remain in place &ldquo;pending the disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such a writ is timely sought.&rdquo; The stay will terminate if a potential petition from the government to SCOTUS is denied by the high court or if SCOTUS agrees to consider the matter and hands down a judgment in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson would not have granted the administration&rsquo;s request for relief. <\/p>\n<p>In her dissent, the Biden appointee attacked her colleagues for Tuesday&rsquo;s decision, claiming they lack &ldquo;the capacity to fully evaluate, much less responsibly override, reasoned lower court factfinding about what this challenged executive action actually entails.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I respectfully dissent because, in addition to the Government&rsquo;s failure to show the exigency or irreparable harm that is required for emergency relief, this Court could not possibly <em>know<\/em> in this posture whether the Government is likely to succeed on the merits with respect to such a fact-dependent dispute. So it should have left well enough alone,&rdquo; Jackson wrote.<\/p>\n<p>While joining the majority, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor authored a separate statement saying that while she agrees with Jackson &ldquo;that the President cannot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taps-musk-and-ramaswamy-for-government-efficiency-department-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump taps Musk and Ramaswamy for government efficiency department - Washington Examiner\">restructure federal agencies<\/a> in a manner inconsistent with congressional mandates,&rdquo; the plans crafted by federal agencies &ldquo;are not before this Court, at this stage, and we thus have no occasion to consider whether they can and will be carried out consistent with the constraints of law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I join the Court&rsquo;s stay because it leaves the District Court free to consider those questions in the first instance,&rdquo; Sotomayor wrote. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. 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