Judge halts drastic cuts to agencies being done under Trump executive order

[highplainsdem]

Source: CNN

A federal judge is halting the Trump administration from carrying out, under a February executive order, mass firings or major reorganizations of multiple agencies going forward.

Senior District Judge Susan Illston granted a temporary restraining order sought by federal employee unions and outside organizations that rely on federal services, who argued the administration was acting outside the bounds of the law. The judge’s order, which lasts two weeks, blocks the administration’s approval or implementation of plans –- known as Agency RIF and Reorganization Plans, or ARRPs –- for conducting mass layoffs and for shrinking or eliminating entire components of an agency.

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/09/politics/judge-halts-agency-cuts-trump-executive-order

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Marc Elias post on Bluesky with.screenshot of the.judge's conclusion:

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court BLOCKS the Trump administration’s unlawful reorganization of the federal government. Congratulations to @democracyforward.org, their co-counsel and clients on their amazing work in securing this victory.

— Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) 2025-05-10T01:51:57.929Z

[Attilatheblond]

1. And what happens when they defy his order like they have dified so many others?

'Stop! or I yell STOP again'?

[swag]

2. The judge is pretty clear.

. . . In a 42-page opinion Friday night, Illston said, “No statute gives OPM, OMB, or DOGE the authority to direct other federal agencies to engage in large-scale terminations, restructuring, or elimination of itself.”