"The Office of Personnel Management illegally required the roughly 25,000 firings throughout government, U.S. District Judge William Alsup said, denying the Trump administration's argument that each agency acted on its own. The ruling comes months after the Supreme Court knocked down Alsup's previous preliminary injunction on the firings, though the judge said the justice' decision was nebulous and did not prevent his final order."
"The record submitted by the government "is a sham," Alsup said. "It does not facilitate judicial review: It frustrates it." Alsup likened the government's approach to walking him through a forest while blindfolded. After reviewing extensive documentation and testimony made available by the plaintiffs and some Trump administration officials, Alsup said it was clear agencies were required to ask OPM for direction on whom to fire, whom to exempt and when to carry out the dismissals."
A federal court ruled that the mass firing of newly hired and promoted federal employees was unlawful. The Office of Personnel Management illegally required roughly 25,000 firings across government and directed agencies on whom to dismiss. U.S. District Judge William Alsup found that OPM exceeded its authority and usurped powers reserved to individual agencies. Alsup criticized the government's record as a sham that frustrated judicial review and likened its approach to walking him through a forest blindfolded. The judge found the means used to enforce terminations unlawful. The Supreme Court earlier knocked down Alsup's preliminary injunction, but Alsup said that decision was nebulous and did not prevent his final order. Agencies will not face a universal mandate to rehire all affected employees.
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