Supreme Court Hands Trump Another Major Win

The Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump to move forward with plans to reduce the federal workforce.

The majority lifted a lower court’s injunction that blocked implementation of Trump’s executive order directing agencies to prepare “large-scale reductions” in the workforce.

“Because the Government is likely to succeed on its argument that the Executive Order and Memorandum are lawful—and because the other factors bearing on whether to grant a stay are satisfied—we grant the application,” the Supreme Court’s order states.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued the sole dissent, calling the majority’s decision “hubristic and senseless.”

“I see no basis to conclude that the District Court erred—let alone clearly so—in finding that the President is attempting to fundamentally restructure the Federal Government,” she wrote. (Read more from “Supreme Court Hands Trump Another Major Win” HERE)

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