Appeals court denies Trump's bid to immediately reverse fired federal workers' reinstatement
Source: The Hill
03/17/25 1:58 PM ET
A federal appeals court in a 2-1 decision Monday declined to immediately block a judge’s order that the Trump administration reinstate fired probationary employees at six federal agencies. The new ruling, which does not address the legality of the firings, refuses the administration’s request for an administrative stay that would temporarily freeze the ruling until the next stage of the appeal.
“Given that the district court found that the employees were wrongfully terminated and ordered an immediate return to the status quo ante, an administrative stay of the district court’s order would not preserve the status quo,” the court wrote in its ruling. “It would do just the opposite — it would disrupt the status quo and turn it on its head.”
U.S. Circuit Judge Bridget Bade, a Trump appointee, dissented from her two Democratic-appointed colleagues. Bade warned of a “potential whiplash effect” where the employees rehired under the judge’s order could be fired again.
“Plaintiffs do not contest these assertions. They argue that government services upon which they and their organizational members rely have been thrown into chaos by the terminations and that they will continue to be injured by the government’s inability to render services,” Bade wrote.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5198957-trump-mass-firing-federal-workers-appeals-court/
Link to RULING (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca9.51fc2b15-8193-40ab-9ac0-c06b8c86c68c/gov.uscourts.ca9.51fc2b15-8193-40ab-9ac0-c06b8c86c68c.14.0.pdf
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