The Supreme Court’s decision in the State Department’s layoff case could be decided as early as Friday and immediately be enacted due to Secretary of State Marco Rubio‘s July 1 layoff deadline.
The department was previously blocked by an order from a lower court because it intended to lay off thousands of people. The emergency appeal to the Supreme Court was filed after the block on June 13.
The department is expected to lay off about 2,000 employees pending the decision, affecting a total of 3,400 jobs, as it will also consolidate and rearrange its divisions. About 60% of U.S.-based employees are expected to be put in foreign posts if the layoffs and rearrangements take effect within the coming weeks. According to Rudio, some of his reasoning for
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