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The administration argues that the president does not need additional authorization from Congress to conduct agency-wide layoffs. Attorney General Pam Bondi praised the Supreme Court’s order, saying it “stopped lawless lower courts from restricting President Trump’s authority over federal personnel.”
The White House is scrutinizing layoff plans by federal agencies in an effort to limit further court challenges after the Supreme Court cleared the way for a sweeping downsizing of the government workforce,
The Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a lower court order that blocked sweeping layoffs of federal workers at nearly two dozen agencies.
Federal agencies across government can resume laying off their employees en masse after the Supreme Court reversed a court order that barred those reductions, with several agencies likely to move swiftly to start cutting staff.
This week, the Supreme Court issued a key ruling regarding layoffs and federal employees. John Wisniewski, an attorney and former New Jersey legislator, joined PHL17 Morning News to share some insights.
Federal agencies can resume implementing President Trump’s mass layoff directive following Tuesday’s Supreme Court ruling, greenlighting agencies to take their first steps in booting thousands of
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Amid agency changes, some VA workers in Philadelphia were looking to leave their jobs. The agency says enough have left across the country to avoid a reduction in force.
Mass federal layoffs the Trump administration has planned can move forward immediately, after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted an injunction that has held them off since mid-May. More than 100,000 federal workers can now be fired at any time.