""taken advantage of the lapse in government spending, in government functioning, to to assume that that all bets are off, that the laws don't apply to them anymore," Illston said, "and that they can impose the structures that they like on a government situation that they don't like. And I believe that the plaintiffs will demonstrate ultimately that what's being done here is both illegal and is in excess of authority.""
""This hatchet is falling on the heads of employees all across the nation, and you're not even prepared to address whether that's legal?""
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from implementing any new or existing layoffs related to the shutdown and found the cuts likely illegal. The judge determined the administration was using the funding lapse to act as if laws no longer applied and to choose which government functions to eliminate. Guidance from the Office of Management and Budget directing agencies to reduce programs without authorized funding was called completely untrue. A Justice Department attorney declined to address legality, arguing instead that the district court lacked proper jurisdiction and that unimplemented layoffs could not be challenged. A prior injunction earlier this year barred widespread government layoffs.
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