The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court’s ruling that has thwarted layoffs across much of the government.
In its filing with the court, the administration contends that a district court’s nationwide injunction “bars nearly the entire Executive Branch” — including 19 agencies and 11 Cabinet departments — from moving forward with plans to “execute lawful reductions in the size of the federal workforce.”
The request comes after a federal appeals court last week refused a Trump administration attempt to allow layoffs to proceed at federal agencies where the lower court has blocked them.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday issued an order denying the administration’s request to stay a sweeping injunction from a district court that has paused layoffs at a broad swath of federal offices, including energy and environmental agencies. It covers the Interior, Energy, Agriculture, Commerce and Transportation departments; EPA; the National Science Foundation; and others.
