A federal appeals court on March 17 denied an attempt from President Donald Trump’s administration to block the reinstatement of thousands of newer federal government employees who had recently been fired.
A majority of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit panel said that blocking a lower court’s order would “disrupt the status quo and turn it on its head.”
U.S. Circuit Judges Ana de Alba and Barry Silverman formed the majority.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup on March 13 ordered six agencies, including the Department of Defense, to reinstate thousands of workers who had been fired because they were on probationary status and not deemed mission critical….