A federal judge who had ordered the Trump administration to reinstate fired federal probationary employees across the country at more than a dozen agencies has narrowed the scope of his ruling so it now applies to workers in the 19 states and the District of Columbia that challenged the mass dismiss

U.S. District Judge James Bredar in Baltimore issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday night that protects those workers while the lawsuit continues.

“Only states have sued here, and only to vindicate their interests as states,” Bredar wrote. “They are not proxies for the workers.”

The order requires the 18 agencies originally named in the lawsuit to follow the law in conducting any future reductions in force. Bredar has now added the Defense Department and the Office of Personnel Management to that number.

  • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
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    2 days ago

    That matters only if there’s enforcement. Otherwise, judges are just old men in robes ranting and raving about the way the world used to work.

    • Diurnambule@jlai.lu
      2·
      1 day ago

      That a first step. Nobody will spontaneously defend your right. You have to do it yourself and associate to other people wanting to defend their rights too