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From Politico: A federal judge on Thursday ordered federal agencies to rehire tens of thousands of probationary employees who were fired amid President Donald Trump’s turbulent effort to drastically shrink the federal bureaucracy.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup described the mass firings as a “sham” strategy by the government’s central human resources office to sidestep legal requirements for reducing the federal workforce.
Alsup, a San Francisco-based appointee of President Bill Clinton, ordered the Defense, Treasury, Energy, Interior, Agriculture and Veterans Affairs departments to “immediately” offer all fired probationary employees their jobs back. The Office of Personnel Management, the judge said, had made an “unlawful” decision to terminate them.
The order is one of the most far-reaching rejections of the Trump administration’s effort to slash the bureaucracy and is almost certain to be appealed.
Judge Alsup, 79, was appointed to the Northern District of California in 1999 by President Bill Clinton and assumed senior status in 2021.
UPDATE: Alsup will also require offer of reinstatement to fired probationary employees at DOD, Energy, Interior, Treasury and Agriculture 🚨
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 13, 2025
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk blasted the decision:
Clinton appointee Judge William Alsup says the Trump Admin has to rehire 30,000 laid off probationary hires. He says that trying to cut headcount is a “sham” and actually it’s legally mandatory for taxpayers to keep paying them.
What will blue judges come up with next? Will they order Trump to declare war on Russia? Micromanage troop movements? Dictate what Trump eats for breakfast?
This isn’t judicial review. It’s dictatorship by a big ego with a gavel. SCOTUS must intervene.
Clinton appointee Judge William Alsup says the Trump Admin has to rehire 30,000 laid off probationary hires. He says that trying to cut headcount is a “sham” and actually it’s legally mandatory for taxpayers to keep paying them.
What will blue judges come up with next? Will they… pic.twitter.com/hFyOVByajQ
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) March 13, 2025
Judge William Alsup just ordered federal agencies to immediately reinstate tens of thousands of probationary workers who were fired under Trump/DOGE.
These rogue judges need to be impeached! pic.twitter.com/rRQ1IPBJE2
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 13, 2025
BREAKING: Federal judge orders reinstatement of thousands of probationary federal workers Trump administration tried to fire. order from Judge William Alsup, Clinton appointee in SF, covers DoD, Treasury, USDA, VA, Energy. w/@kyledcheney https://t.co/OKSsElfZHw pic.twitter.com/22f6RaoXfR
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) March 13, 2025
Tens of thousands of fired federal workers must be reinstated immediately, judge rules https://t.co/jLYqpnY8wI
— POLITICO (@politico) March 13, 2025
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