San Francisco – A Court of Appeals refused on Friday to freeze an order of Judge based in California that arrested the Trump administration of Reduce federal workforcewhich means that government efficiency department cuts remain in pause for now.
A divided panel of three judges of the Court of Appeals of the Ninth Circuit of the United States found that the reduction of personnel could have significant domain effects, from the nation’s food security system to veteran medical care, and should be kept waiting while a demand is developed.
However, the judge he dissent, said that President Donald Trump probably has the legal authority to reduce the size of the executive branch and that there is a separate process for workers to appeal.
The Republican Administration had sought an emergency stay of a court order issued by the American judge Susan Illston of San Francisco in a lawsuit filed by unions and cities, including San Francisco and Chicago, and group democracy.
The Department of Justice also previously appealed its ruling before the Supreme Court, one of a series of emergency appeals that argue that federal judges had exceeded their authority.
The judge order He questioned whether the Trump administration was acting legally when trying to eliminate the federal workforce.
Trump has repeatedly said that voters gave him a mandate to rebuild the federal government, and took advantage of billionaire Elon Musk to lead the position through the Government Efficiency Department.
Tens of thousands of federal workers have been fired, have left their work through deferred resignation programs or have been placed on a license. There is There is no official figure for work cutsBut at least 75,000 federal employees took deferred resignation, and thousands of trial workers have already been fired.
Illston’s order orders numerous federal agencies to stop in the president’s performance Executive order of the workforce signed in February and a Rear memo emitted By Doge and the Office of Personnel Management.
Illston, who was nominated for the bank by former President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, wrote in his ruling that presidents can make large -scale reviews of federal agencies, but only with the cooperation of Congress.
Government lawyers say that the Executive Order and Memorandum asking for a reduction of large -scale personnel and reorganization plans provide only general principles that agencies must continue to exercise their own decision -making process.
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Associated Press writer Lindsay Whitehurst in Washington contributed to this story.
