❓WHAT HAPPENED: A federal judge appointed by Bill Clinton issued a decision blocking President Donald J. Trump from firing federal workers during the government shutdown.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, President Donald Trump, and federal workers.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The ruling was issued on Wednesday amid an ongoing government shutdown that began earlier this month.
💬KEY QUOTE: “It’s very much ready, fire, aim on most of these programs, and it has a human cost,” said Judge Illston.
🎯IMPACT: The ruling highlights ongoing judicial intervention in executive actions despite a recent Supreme Court decision limiting such stays.
A federal judge appointed by Bill Clinton blocked President Donald J. Trump from firing federal workers on Wednesday amid the ongoing government shutdown—another instance of judicial intervention in executive actions despite a Supreme Court order limiting national injunctions. The shutdown began earlier this month after Senate Democrats blocked funding bills keeping the government open.
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston issued the ruling, stating, “It’s very much ready, fire, aim on most of these programs, and it has a human cost,” adding: “It’s a human cost that cannot be tolerated.”
President Trump has faced an unprecedented number of judicial orders blocking his administration’s actions since returning to office. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court narrowed the scope of District Court injunctions related to Trump’s Executive Order, criticizing the lower courts for excessive use of judicial stays.
However, a loophole allowing lower courts to exploit class action status to issue sweeping nationwide blocks was left open, and multiple lower court judges have since employed this tactic.
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