Posted on 10/15/2025 2:31:56 PM PDT by Mariner
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the cuts appeared to be politically motivated and were being carried out without much thought.
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco repeatedly pressed the assistant U.S. attorney to explain the administration's rationale for the more than 4,100 layoff notices that started going out Friday even though furloughed workers can not access their work emails and there are no human resources specialists to assist with next steps.
“It’s very much ready, fire, aim on most of these programs, and it has a human cost,” she said. "It’s a human cost that cannot be tolerated.”
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How did this dumb b!tch pass the bar?
“How did this dumb b!tch pass the bar?”
DEI does not require her to pass.
On the recommendations of Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, Illston was nominated by President Bill Clinton on January 23, 1995 and confirmed by the Senate on May 25, 1995 by voice vote, receiving her commission the following day.
She’s a Clinton stooge and a senior moment “judge” who’s a “justice” on the New Supreme Court [the Northern District of California].
Nothing in her opinion about constitution. Just feelings. 😂
“saying the cuts appeared to be politically motivated and were being carried out without much thought.”
Is that a legal standard?
If the Supreme Court allowed President Trump to resume mass government layoffs this past July, what does this asshat Judge think is going to happen when her decision is appealed to the Supreme Court?
1. Civil Service Reform Act (5 U.S.C. § 2301 et seq.) – Protects employees from arbitrary or politically motivated terminations.
2. Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. § 701 et seq.) – Prohibits agencies from acting beyond their legal authority or arbitrarily.
3. Federal Reduction-in-Force statutes (5 U.S.C. §§ 3501–3509) – Governs procedures for layoffs and employee rights.
4. Congressional Appropriations / Agency Authority limits – Prevents agencies from exceeding authority granted by Congress.
So she deigns to become the Executive, does she?
Fail.
What is the basis for your legalese post? Please tell me you don’t agree with this communist bitch judge
No. But I like to understand the “argument” that they’re making.
i am at this moment sitting thru a university meeting about more and more dei/racist programming/racist recruiting, racist funding/ and “equitable student evaluations” (racist grading) to “eliminate (racial, LBQZWhatever, etc) disparities in outcomes”
a lot of our tax money is behind all this
and it impacts everybody going to the school in various ways (admissions, financial aid, class offerings and availability, grading, campus hiring, promotions, etc — it is “instutionally infused”
you can, I believe, discern some well-intentioned thinking in some of this
but it is so based on racist discriminations as to at least raise some concerns. (For the record, this commentator is 1000 percent behind non-discrimination policies, these policies on campus however are based on discrimination through and through... they’re horses of a “different color” so to speak)
incidentally, “white” and “asian” student/employee needs were dispensed with in about 8 seconds and dropped from consideration
multiply this sort of “thinking’ across dozens of universities, many of which are taxpayer -funded or subsidized... and you get a grasp on the size of the problem facing American higher education
let’s see her actually get her way
this should be a good show, bring popcorn
smiles
None of the reasons cited - even if true - are within the purview of judicial review. There is “a President of the United States” - as in one person makes these decisions for the entire Executive Branch. Even if the matter was reviewable, if there is a way to resolve the matter without an injunction (and there is, monetary damages), then no injunction is permitted.
This will be reversed in very short order.
If there is no money, what other options are there? The Dems live in La-La land. There shouldn’t be government unions anyway. That gives unions the power over the president of the US… and governors too. It’s silly on the face of it.
These Judges do not care. They know that they will never be held accountable for their contempt of SCOTUS and the Constitution.
"District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco"
HOW ABOUT THE COST TO THE TAX PAYING HUMANS, MISSY?
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