On Wednesday, a federal appeals court upheld the Trump administration’s decision, allowing the government to resume its firing of thousands of federal workers on probation. This overturns a prior court order from Baltimore that required restoration.
The judge decided that the terminations of employees may be resolved through the federal employment process rather than the courts.
The decision forms a larger legal dispute between several states and continued lawsuits over the constitutionality of mass layoffs as a result of Trump’s reforms of the national workforce.
The three judges on the board were disjointed. The leadership was supported by two Republican-appointed judges, while the second, appointed by a Democrat, dissented.
The lawsuit claimed that the sudden job losses would put them in a lot of financial and administrative strain because they would have to pay the salaries of thousands of previously unemployed people.
Around 24, 000 temporary people have reportedly been fired since Trump took office. The ruling then allows the management to proceed with the rejections, even though about 15, 000 of those people had already been reinstated or given paid leave during the legal process.
In a separate but related case, the Supreme Court also agreed with the Trump presidency on Tuesday. It objected to a San Francisco judge’s ruling that supported reinstatement, arguing that the concerned nonprofit organizations lacked legal standing. As another defendants, including the state of Washington and several labor organizations, continue to seek further evaluation, that case is still ongoing.
