On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s plan to conduct mass layoffs of government employees.
An activist, left-wing “judge” in California had attempted to usurp legal presidential power and had ruled that Trump had no legal right to fire thousands oof workers. But the SCOTUS put the lower court in its place.
The ruling at the high court was nearly unanimous and two of the three liberals sided with the majority. Only the slowwitted and completely unqualified Biden appointee, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented on the ruling. Her dissent was so misinformed and stupid that even lefty Justice Sonia Sotomayor scolded Brown in her own discussion of the ruling.
Per Politico:
A judge in California had blocked the layoffs, finding that they would likely violate federal law. But the justices granted an emergency appeal from the administration seeking permission to enforce a Feb. 11 executive order that instructed agencies to carry out dramatic “reductions in force.”
In an apparent 8-1 ruling, the high court said it was not assessing the legality of any particular agency’s layoff plans, nor any moves taken so far to implement those plans. Litigation over the downsizing efforts is sure to continue. But for now, the justices said, the administration can enforce the executive order and a memo from the Office of Management and Budget implementing that EO.
The high court’s unsigned decision — which the majority explained in two terse paragraphs — lifts an injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, who had blocked 21 agencies from complying with the mass layoff orders.
The decision is another big win for Trump.
Politico added:
The justices’ action Tuesday is the latest in a string of high court wins the administration has touted, as the justices have often lifted lower-court orders blocking Trump’s policies. Less than two weeks ago, the Supreme Court handed the administration a far-reaching victory by narrowing the power of district court judges to grant nationwide relief in challenges to federal government actions.
The Trump administration described the decision as “another definitive victory for the President.” The decision “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,” White House spokesperson Harrison Fields said.
These activist, out-of-control, lower court judges are losing far more than they are winning, proving that they are not ruling on the merits, but are, instead, making political moves, not judicial moves.
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