The 8-1 unsigned order from the high court allows federal agencies to resume implementing President Donald Trump’s February executive order instructing departments to prepare for reductions in force. The justices said the directive is likely lawful but left open the possibility of future challenges once specific layoff plans are implemented.
“We express no view on the legality of any Agency RIF and Reorganization Plan produced or approved pursuant to the Executive Order and Memorandum,” according to the high court’s 8-1 decision, which left only Jackson, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, in the dissent.
Jackson called the decision “hubristic and senseless” and accused her colleagues of second-guessing a lower court judge “from our lofty perch far from the facts or the evidence.”
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“In my view, this was
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