Posted on 02/07/2025 2:22:36 PM PST by Libloather
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from placing thousands of employees at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on paid leave Friday, halting plans to cut its workforce down to just a few hundred.
Washington, DC, US District Judge Carl Nichols imposed a “very limited” restraining order on the administration, Politico reported, sparing at least 2,200 USAID employees from being put on paid leave at midnight.
Administration officials had reportedly moved to gut the agency’s more than 10,000-person workforce by the end of the week down to just 290 or so staff members.
Just 500 employees at USAID had already been placed on leave and are likely to be recalled, Nichols also noted in the hearing.
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Trump planned for this. We await the next move. Does the judge even have the power to stop this?
If your boss can’t fire you then who can?
I missed when USAID became part of the judiciary branch.
All Trump has to do is say “Fine, you are right judge, forget the buyouts, Im effective immediately FIRING everyone from USAID, get your stuff and leave” and there is NOT a damn thing anyone can do about it..Trump is just being nice offering a buyout, but he can just fire them
“Politico reported, sparing at least 2,200 USAID employees from being put on paid leave at midnight. “
simple- send them on assignment to the northern most part of Alaska to shovel snow...
Well, if I can’t put them on paid leave, I’ll put them on unpaid leave!
Recall them but keep them locked out of their computers. Essentially they will have to watch porn on their phones after they drive to work.
Aren’t they already on paid leave? We pay, they don’t go to work?
If the boss can’t fire you, then he’s really not your boss.
Call it a reduction in force.
It’s plain to see, US District Judge Carl Nichols appears to favor corruption.
Another moron looking for his 15 seconds of fame.
Politico, which has received millions of dollars over the last four years from USAID and doesn't want the gravy train to end, reported ...
Somewhat obviously, the DC courts are the problem.
Time to end the charade that DC is a State.
the “judge” ought happily be personally jailed
for every killing and rape and theft
that occurs because of his/her/them treasonous decree.
The Judge has apparently not read this short sentence in the Constitution—-—
Article 2 Section 3 -— “he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed”
“Take care” are two very powerful words.
I don’t think folks here are aware of just how much civil service protection is built into the system.
I think that is the way to go. Then, going forward, when Trump tells a category of federal workers that they are being put on leave, they will think: “Darn. That’s bad news. But I really hope that no “do-gooder” tries to find a judge who will oppose this. Because then I’ll just get fired, and that’s much worse.” Make the Democrat “do-gooders” the enemy.
Completely expected from the Deep State. And ultimately futile.
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