A federal appeals court sided with the Trump administration, clearing the way to fire thousands of probationary workers across 18 federal agencies.
In a 2-1 ruling, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a lower-court judge’s order to reinstate the fired employees.
The three-judge panel concluded that the “coalition of Democratic attorneys general who brought the case appeared to lack legal standing to challenge the firings,” POLITICO noted.
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The appeals court’s 2-1 ruling came one day after the Supreme Court lifted another judge’s order blocking the dismissal of some of the same federal workers, also on standing grounds. That leaves no remaining
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