Posted on 10/28/2025 6:47:39 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A federal judge has indefinitely blocked President Trump’s efforts to lay off thousands of federal employees amid the government shutdown.
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, an appointee of former President Clinton, sided with government employee unions that asked her to bar the administration from carrying out the reductions in force (RIFs) as the lawsuit moves forward. More than 4,000 workers were set to be impacted by the job actions.
The preliminary injunction extends Illston’s previous order temporarily stopping the administration’s attempted layoffs, which she has said she believes will ultimately be deemed illegal and an overstep of executive authority.
The judge said she would issue a written order but that the injunction is “in effect.”
The White House referred a request for comment to the Office of Management and Budget, which did not immediately respond to an inquiry from The Hill.
The ruling, issued from the bench, comes a day after one of the unions who sued publicly called for an end to the government shutdown.
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest union representing federal workers, urged Congress to pass a clean continuing resolution and end the shutdown Monday.
“Both political parties have made their point, and still there is no clear end in sight,” said Everett Kelly, AFGE’s national president.
Nonetheless, Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked the House-passed bill to reopen the federal government for the 13th time.
The unions sued just before the shutdown began. They say that the Trump administration’s plan to implement permanent firings instead of temporary furloughs with later back pay is unlawful.
The roughly 4,100 planned layoffs could also only be the beginning.
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Judges do not possess such authority. Fake headline.
Fake headline.“
I wish it was but since Trump will abide by the ruling it is not a fake headline at all. The layoffs will not happen because of this hacks dictate making the headline very real.
Another piss-pot judge thinks they’re the Chief Executive.
She's a Clinton stooge, so she probably had to service The Sink Emperor to get her Article III appointment.
She prolly got a pearl necklace as swag.
“I wish it was but since Trump will abide by the ruling it is not a fake headline at all.”
Trump does not have to abide by the ruling.
Most Democrats never took Civics classes
or failed them.
Judges can rule as they please, but ALL enforcement rests
in the executive.
As Biden chose to ignore laws,
Trump can ignore judges.
I think he is wrong headed to respect political
judges, but he has his reasons.
Trump doesn’t have the nerve to buck a Judge...Proven over and over as if the Dems take back Congress he is gone..
Assumptions. Never mind all these “indefinite” rulings that get overturned by the SCOTUS all the time.
Trump does not have to abide by the ruling.“
The point is he will so the fact that it is a baseless ruling is irrelevant. What matters is Trump will abide by it so no layoffs. The rats fully expected this and they got it.
Another leftist broad overstepping her authority.
Defund her court due to the shutdown. Say all judgements from this court are suspended until funding is restored.
The unions and the rats know by the time it gets to the SC and adjudicated the shutdown will be over and these unnecessary Government employees will stay right where they are. This was the plan from the beginning.
A few get overturned, most do not.
LOL, Trump can lay off ANYONE in the government he wants to, this “judge” is an idiot.
How do you know what Trump will or will not do?
That’s funny, poster saying Trump has no guts and he is going to be gone.
What a loser. Wonder what he/she/it is doing on this website. Seems to be more of them lately.
I know Trump is not going to defy this hack even though he has a short window to make these layoffs. I wish l was wrong but he won’t. He may figure if defies one of these judges the SC will turn on him and there are some big cases pending there.
That is, until he's talked to his lawyers about this latest kangaroo twitch. Whereupon, if he likes what he hears about precedents and the probable legal paths to be trod, he will appeal to the most strategic circuit above her head, with a view to chopping it off.
. . . Metaphorically speaking, of course.
Oh; proof by assertion.
Another “Judge” infected with the dreaded Boasbergers Syndrome.
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