Posted on 03/07/2025 11:41:06 AM PST by CFW
A coalition of 20 Democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Friday for firing thousands of probationary federal workers without providing advance notice.
Led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, the plaintiffs argue the mass terminations violate federal law, which they argue mandates at least 60 days’ notice before large-scale layoffs. The lawsuit centers on various Office of Personnel Management (OPM) directives instructing agencies to review the employment of thousands of probationary employees “based on agency judgement regarding mission needs.”
“These large-scale, indiscriminate firings are not only subjecting the Plaintiff states and communities across the country to chaos. They are also against the law,” the complaint reads.
OPM and OMB have issued guidance to streamline the federal workforce in line with @POTUS‘s commitment to cutting waste and improving efficiency. OPM is committed to delivering a more accountable government that better serves the American people. Read more: https://t.co/SwSbUVykdV
— U.S. Office of Personnel Management (@USOPM) February 26, 2025
The lawsuit seeks an immediate injunction to halt further terminations and reinstate any federal workers who were fired since Jan. 20. Attorneys general from Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia also joined the suit.
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What total BS
How can the states interfere with a federal agency?..............
No standing.
Communists love their communism.
SWAT raid all of them for sedition. Have FOX news at their front doors at 4 a.m. to film them being stripped, handcuffed and then shoved into the middle of the road for the duration of rush hour in their neighborhood. The rules have already been established by the left.
We were told for 8 years and then 4 years that elections have consequences.
Now it’s our turn.
ACB says hold my Chardonnay
So the givernment cannot decide when to separation can take place?
Why put the courts in charge of hiring as well
Thos are federal jobs. What standing do States AGs have?
Apparently, they do not understand the definition of “probationary”.
What will look better to the electorate, getting nothing done because of these never ending law suits, or defying them and doing it anyway? Impeachment is what we’re gambling with.
I sure can’t imagine they have any standing.
Heck, Federal employees do not even have to be Union members when working in a required union state, because state laws don’t even apply.
ZERO standing.
NEGATIVE standing.
Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. The second Confederacy! Trump must at some point go full Lincoln on these renegade states.
Since when do states attorney generals have legal standing relative to presidential executive decisions regarding federal employees?
They got their 60 days notice on Election Day.
Those states could alwayss hire them as state workers.
What is the state's interest in Federal employment?
Unless the state is injured, I do not see how any of these attorney generals have a cause of action against the Federal government. They don't have "standing" to sue.
But of course, idiocy never stopped the courts from acting on something.
Be aware that many of these people were probably hired for good reason. Terminations really need to be made by individual.
All probationary employees and their direct supervisors should have been given forms to fill out.
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