Posted on 07/08/2025 4:06:13 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump’s “wrecking ball” federal job cuts to proceed while the legal battle continues. The Tuesday night ruling underscores the urgent need to rein in an oversized federal workforce and restore efficiency to government operations. Despite ongoing challenges from partisan opponents, the Court’s decision signals a victory for taxpayers tired of bureaucratic bloat and a federal government that operates leaner and smarter.
In a 6–3 ruling, the Supreme Court approved the White House's urgent petition submitted last week, allowing Executive Order No. 14210 to be implemented as the legal disputes continue in the Ninth Circuit and possibly before the Supreme Court itself. The order directs federal agencies to carry out sweeping reductions in force (RIFs) and agency reorganizations. Described as a lawful effort to "streamline government and eliminate waste" by officials, critics argue that Trump is unlawfully bypassing Congress to dismantle major parts of the federal government.
"Because the Government is likely to succeed on its argument that the Executive Order and Memorandum are lawful—and because the other factors bearing on whether to grant a stay are satisfied—we grant the application," the Supreme Court wrote. "We express no view on the legality of any Agency RIF and Reorganization Plan produced or approved pursuant to the Executive Order and Memorandum. The District Court enjoined further implementation or approval of the plans based on its view about the illegality of the Executive Order and Memorandum, not on any assessment of the plans themselves. Those plans are not before this Court."
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson strongly dissented, criticizing the SCOTU for allowing President Trump's “wrecking ball” to take effect at the very start of the legal battle. She argued that the executive order amounts to a sweeping overhaul that infringes on Congress’s legislative authority. Jackson accused the...
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Jackson is a constitutional illiterate. How did she even get through law school, let alone get on the highest court?
Never mind...rhetorical question.
One of the main strategies of the MSM-Democrats has been to simply pretend that Donald Trump is not really the President. They’ve convinced themselves of that, and they try to convince as many ordinary Americans of that as well.
Bulkington
@BulkingtonBooks
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@MrSantosNY
a more interesting question is how will they force KJB to resign? that Sotomayor aside torching her dissent suggests they all want her gone.
I’m OK with the staff reductions, but, making reductions in some areas seem like they are taking a wrecking ball to areas where they are already understaffed, like the National Parks= Service which protects our precious natural parklands. I have already contacted my state’s senators asking them to stop this. I suggest some of you do too.
“””a more interesting question is how will they force KJB to resign? that Sotomayor aside torching her dissent suggests they all want her gone”””
They all know she is a DEI moron.
“Bridget XX
@freyafirst
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Reading Justice Sonia Sotomayor scold Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is pure gold.
I mean, imagine having to tell Justice KBJ that she can’t declare a presidential order unconstitutional, because it doesn’t exist yet!
Good times.”
“Just a Dude
@soccerfananon
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@TheLastRefuge2
Wdym? She is the most impactful member of the court today! She has pushed ACB into being a solid R, Kagan into a squishy D, and Sotomayor from lunatic D to just solid D. She’s having a huge impact on the court with how dumb and annoying she is!”
Managing a national park is one thing; owning empty space just to maintain title is another. There is more than enough federal stuff to handle; getting the rest of it to be productive and taxable is more in line with American values.
And yet, we all know the election results. Any questions, even Democrats will see Trump won the popular vote and electoral vote by comfortable margins.
And we’ve been lectured many times about how we must accept the results of elections.
Considering the facts, they want to pretend he’s not really president??? When we honor election results???
We voted for a wrecking ball on the leviathan that inserts itself in every aspect of our lives.
We hear "elections matter."
When elections turn out the other way, we hear a whole bunch of different things.
Good some of the never trumpers on here will have to find a new line of work
If the Executive branch doesn’t have the right to fire federal workers, then it would make sense that they also don’t have the right to hire them. Correct? That should be the job of the judiciary I guess.
Government is an out of control cancer concerned mainly with the care and feeding of government.
Wdym=?
probably
“what do you mean?”
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