Posted on 08/25/2018 11:04:50 AM PDT by mandaladon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Saturday rejected key elements of President Donald Trumps May executive orders that would make it easier to fire federal employees and reduce their ability to bargain collectively.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, said in a court order that Trumps orders, which also would reduce the amount of time low-performing employees had to improve their performance before being fired, undermine federal employees right to bargain collectively.
Trump signed three executive orders in May that administration officials said would give government agencies greater ability to remove employees with poor performance, obtain better deals in union contracts and require federal employees with union responsibilities to spend less time on union work.
The directives drew immediate criticism from the American Federation of Government Employees, which said the moves would hurt veterans, law enforcement officers and others.
Jackson ruled that while the president has the authority to issue executive orders relating to federal labor relations, the orders cannot eviscerate the right to bargain collectively as envisioned in a long-standing federal statute.
The President must be deemed to have exceeded his authority in issuing (the orders), Jackson ruled.
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eviscerate ???
This bone headed black robed tyrant needs a dictionary....and impeachment for good measure...
This stereotype judge is legislating from the bench and she knows she will be overturned. Just pandering to the radical left as usual. Unions. And as a matter of fact, what does the ability to fire federal workers easier have to do with “collective bargaining”????
Stupidity and leftist politics jumps right out....
yep. this is just heel digging by stompy foot baby judges who don’t know the law (or care).
this moronic ruling does not stop MAGA or Trump.
Am I a racist if I don't bother to look?
Ketanji Brown Jackson? Did I miss the election where we picked her for President?
That should be sufficient for a Republican-controlled Congress to impeach this leftwing activist judge.
Oh, wait! I forgot that the Republicans in Congress are gutless cowards or RINOcrat buttboys. Nevermind.
Yes, he does. Federal workers were unionized by executive order, and can be abolished the same way.
Judges can’t be fired. Clinton fired DA’s, which is often custom unless you’re a wanna-be-liked-Republican.
Given that the entire purpose of government is to populate the country with useless democrat civil servants, I can understand why this judge ruled the way he did.
“The President must be deemed to have exceeded his authority in issuing (the orders), Jackson ruled.”
Excuse me please! WHO exceeded authority!?
We must expect that judges of this ilk will support the unions every time. However, other judges might rule on the same side. In the long run, this will require legislation and the larger issue of the validity of public unions should be addressed.
There should be no collective bargaining among government workers.
More and more the Trump presidency is making it obvious that female judges seem to have no hesitation to just toss the law and rule on how they feel it ought to be. A leftist prosecutor or lawyer can get them to rule in favor of anything without even the barest of precedent or legal logic behind.
Obama judge.
Another Judge with Zero Judge Training . Is Obama telling these Judges what to to do ?
“envisioned in a long-standing federal statute”
Did she ever provide a reference to said statute??
I had a GS employee who was incapable of working with anyone. He was regularly shuffled off in a truck to inspect remote areas (basically mess around all day). He started a fight with some airmen we had detailed into the shop. Since I was NCOIC, I told him to knock it off. He kept escalating until he threatened to kill me. Long story sortwe spent 6 months working with the union to get him out (Even the union rep said he had to go). He ended up quitting before he got fired.
Ridiculous doesnt come close to describing how detrimental public service unions are. They should all be summarily outlawed. By definition, they are against the public good.
Imagine the head of the “Free” world taking orders from that.
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