Supreme Court Allows Trump to Resume Mass Layoffs; Jackson Dissents From ‘Senseless’ Decision
8th July 2025
The Hill, a Voice of the Crust.
It sounds as if Justice Jackson is embracing her inner AOC.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a judge’s order preventing the Trump administration from conducting mass layoffs across the federal bureaucracy, for now.
The court in its unsigned ruling said Trump’s February executive order directing federal agencies to prepare for reductions in force (RIFs) is likely lawful.
It enables federal agencies to resume implementing Trump’s directive, though the high court left the door open for plaintiffs to challenge any agency’s specific plan down the road.
UPDATE: Now it’s Sotomayor who schools Ketanji Brown Jackson on the law