Supreme Court Hands Trump a Big Win Over Government Unions in Fight Over Axing Thousands of Federal Employees

Supreme Court Hands Trump a Big Win Over Government Unions in Fight Over Axing Thousands of Federal Employees


President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday scored its second major Supreme Court victory in two days.

With only two of the court’s most liberal justices dissenting, the court blocked a ruling by federal judge in San Francisco that ordered the administration to rehire the 16,000 probationary employees it’s terminated since Trump’s inauguration.

But another battle looms in Trump’s war to rein in the executive branch he leads.

The Supreme Court said the Trump administration can move forward with the termination of 16,000 probationary federal workers across six agencies and departments, rescinding a lower court order that they be reinstated.

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Tuesday’s brief ruling by the high court stated that the nine groups that

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