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Court Ruling
Apr 9, 2025

Supreme Court pauses order to reinstate federal workers


April 9, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a California court order requiring the reinstatement of 16,000 fired probationary federal workers. The stay, granted on April 8, follows a ruling that agreed with the Trump administration’s argument that nonprofit groups lacked standing to challenge the firings. The case will now return to the Ninth Circuit for further review. It pertains to workers from six federal agencies, including the departments of Agriculture, Defense, and Veterans Affairs, however most of the employees are currently protected by a separate Maryland court ruling that reinstated fired probationary workers. The Maryland case is on appeal in the Fourth Circuit.

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