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From Fox News: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the Trump administration and upheld the mass firing of tens of thousands of probationary federal employees, granting a request for an emergency administrative stay on a lower court order blocking the firings.
The majority of the high court ruled that the plaintiffs, nine non-profit organizations who had sued to reinstate the employees, lacked standing to sue.
“The District Court’s injunction was based solely on the allegations of the nine non-profit-organization plaintiffs in this case. But under established law, those allegations are presently insufficient to support the organizations’ standing,” the court said in an order.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson would have denied the application for a stay.
In their final brief to the Supreme Court, government attorneys argued that lower courts overstepped their authority by ordering the reinstatement of probationary employees last month.
The legal battle stems from the termination of an estimated 16,000 probationary federal employees since President Donald Trump took office, prompting a wave of lawsuits from Democrat-led states and former workers.
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The ruling appears to be 7-2, as only two liberal justices, Sonia Sotomayor and Kentanji Brow Jackson are mentioned as opposing the ruling.
So far, this is the third times this week that the Supreme Court has sided with the Trump administration.
Regarding Tuesday’s ruling, the Associated Press explains that it’s a bit complicated:
But as with the earlier orders, the effect of Tuesday’s order will be limited. Many employees at the agencies will remain on paid administrative leave for now because of an order in a separate lawsuit over the firings.
The second suit, filed in Maryland, involves employees at those same six agencies, plus roughly a dozen more. That order is more limited in that it applies only in the 19 states and the District of Columbia that sued the administration.
The Justice Department is separately appealing the Maryland order.
BREAKING.🚨
The Supreme Court has BLOCKED a rogue judge’s order requiring Trump to rehire “probationary employees” at six federal agencies.
More winning! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/wo9ToN2ROn
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) April 8, 2025
BREAKING: The Supreme Court agrees stay a lower court order that would have forced the Trump administration to reinstate over 16,000 federal employees from six agencies who were laid off in February.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) April 8, 2025
BREAKING: Supreme Court just BLOCKED Clinton appointed U.S. Judge William Alsup’s ruling which required the Trump admin to rehire thousands of fired workers across multiple agencies
MASSIVE WIN 🔥 pic.twitter.com/6z9GhEjU1Y
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 8, 2025
BREAKING: Supreme Court says Trump administration not required to immediately reinstate 16,000 fired probationary employees at six federal agencies, saying that various organizations lack standing to challenge the firings.
Sotomayor, Jackson publicly dissent. #SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/9Or3N3QRtz
— Jimmy Hoover (@JimmyHooverDC) April 8, 2025
Supreme Court rules on status of tens of thousands of fired probationary employees https://t.co/WkzKleTG5j
— Fox News Politics (@foxnewspolitics) April 8, 2025
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