Posted on 05/09/2025 8:20:15 PM PDT by bitt
A federal judge on Friday issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) blocking the Trump Administration’s effort to overhaul and reorganize 20 agencies in the Executive Branch.
In February, President Trump implemented an executive order to completely overhaul the Executive Branch through the work of DOGE.
US District Judge Susan Illston, a Clinton appointee, said in order for President Trump to make such large-scale overhauls, he needs approval from Congress.
“It is the prerogative of presidents to pursue new policy priorities and to imprint their stamp on the federal government. But to make large-scale overhauls of federal agencies, any president must enlist the help of his co-equal branch and partner, the Congress,” the judge wrote in her order on Friday evening.
“As a group of conservative former government officials and advisors have written to the Court, “Unchecked presidential power is not what the Framers had in mind,”” the radical Clinton judge said scolding Trump’s decision to overhaul agencies in the Executive Branch.
Judge Illston paused any reduction-in-force (RIF) notices to workers in 20 federal agencies.
The judge’s TRO comes in response to a lawsuit filed by the anti-American AFL-CIO and American Federation of Government Employees.
Judge Illston enjoined DOGE, the State Department, Treasury and other agencies.
BREAKING: Another federal judge enters another lawless order enjoining terminations by agencies on a nationwide basis.1/ pic.twitter.com/zkSBfvSHuv
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) May 10, 2025
NPR reported:
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The President does have one nuclear option. Demand that the budget only funds his agenda, and veto any spending bill that doesn’t. Either they pass it, or they don’t and government will get cleaned up anyway.
Cut the judiciary budget 75%. Let them eat off Cheetos.
“Make it so.”
Art of War, Trump is letting these enemies expose themselves in the Judiciary and one by one they will be dealt with
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Judiciary coup. They are daring him to violate their bogus rulings. If he does they are going to plunge America into total chaos.
Whoever is behind this coup will have to be rounded up and...
I have never seen anything like this in America. We have been overtaken.
“A federal judge on Friday issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) blocking the Trump Administration’s effort to overhaul and reorganize 20 agencies in the Executive Branch. “
The Regal Judicial ruling branch has spoken ... all fall down and worship.
Yet another intentionally ignorant judge who is completely over-reaching. By not putting these inappropriate judges back into their corner, the “supreme” court is helping undermine the judiciary. It is pathetic.
Roberts is doing what is expected of him. I still want to know what ds has over his head.
Congress, however, is NOT doing what is expected of them. THEY can shut this down in an hour.
Smells like a setup to tarnish midterms.
We have to support them (the turncoats, absent better prospects)...until then.
Hey, give them a break. I’m sure before this century is over Congre$$ or the Supreme Clowns of the US , or both, will decide to stop this nonsense before the Regal Judicial Branch destroys our Constitutional Republic ... well maybe they will.
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