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From The Hill: The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a lower court order blocking the Trump administration from firing probationary workers, freeing the White House to fire thousands of federal workers.
It blocks a ruling that protected probationary workers from being fired if they live or work in Washington, D.C., or the 19 states that sued over a Trump directive to fire government workers hired in the last year or two, depending on their agency.
The 2-1 decision determined that the band of Democratic-led states likely do not have standing to sue over the directive, mimicking a Supreme Court ruling issued one day earlier in a separate challenge brought by that a coalition of government unions.
Following both decisions, the Trump administration is no longer under any court order that requires the reinstatement of terminated probationary employees.
U.S. Circuit Judges Allison Jones Rushing and J. Harvie Wilkinson III formed the 4th Circuit majority that sided with the administration. They were appointed by Trump and former President Reagan, respectively.
The dissenting judge, Judge DeAndrea Benjamin, is an appointee of former President Biden.
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“A federal appeals court has given the greenlight for the Trump administration to terminate probationary employees, lifting the last remaining block,” announced Politico reporter Kyle Cheney.
BREAKING: A federal appeals court has given the greenlight for the Trump administration to terminate probationary employees, lifting the last remaining block.
2-1 decision. https://t.co/CXhcH7emwQ pic.twitter.com/w52T8TThsH
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) April 9, 2025
#BREAKING: Appeals court frees Trump administration to resume probationary employee firings https://t.co/6k4UN29j9u
— The Hill (@thehill) April 9, 2025
Breaking: An appeals court cleared the way for Trump to restart mass firings of probationary federal workers. https://t.co/4pia8x11Br
— POLITICO (@politico) April 9, 2025
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