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Supreme Court issues 'wrecking ball' decision that sends Washington D.C. into panic mode and could decimate the Deep State
The Supreme Court issued a bombshell decision that cleared the way for Donald Trump to enact the most dramatic shake-up of Washington D.C. in modern history.
The court ruling lifts an injunction that temporarily blocked Trump's sweeping executive order to institute mass layoffs across the federal government.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned the decision 'would release the president's wrecking ball.'
Trump in February directed 19 federal agencies to prepare for mass staff reductions. An injunction was issued in May 22 by a district court judge.
The unsigned majority opinion on Tuesday emphasized it was not weighing the legality of the layoffs themselves, only permitting the administration to implement them while legal challenges continue in the lower courts.
Justice Jackson, the court's lone dissenter, issued a blistering 15-page rebuke accusing her colleagues of prematurely unleashing chaos.
'For some reason, this Court sees fit to step in now and release the President's wrecking ball at the outset of this litigation,' she wrote.
'It was eminently reasonable for the District Court to maintain the status quo while the courts evaluate the lawfulness of the President's executive action,' she added.
'At bottom, this case is about whether that action amounts to a structural overhaul that usurps Congress's policymaking prerogatives - and it is hard to imagine deciding that question in any meaningful way after those changes have happened.'
The decision clears a major legal obstacle for Trump's high-profile campaign to 'deconstruct the administrative state' - a pledge that has already resulted in an estimated 260,000 federal firings, resignations, and early retirements since January, according to internal tracking cited by Reuters.
Trump's executive order told various agencies across the federal government to prepare to decimate their workforce.
The administration has come up with plans to reduce staff at the US Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Health and Human Services, State, Treasury, Veterans Affairs and more than a dozen other agencies.
In a brief unsigned order, the court said the Trump administration was 'likely to succeed' in its argument that his directives were legally within his power.
The decision is the latest win for Trump's broader efforts to consolidate power in the executive branch.
The Supreme Court has sided with Trump in several cases on an emergency basis since he returned to office in January, including clearing the way for implementation of some of his hardline immigration policies.
Tuesday's decision lifted San Francisco-based US District Judge Susan Illston's order in May that temporarily blocked large-scale federal layoffs while the case proceeded.
Illston had ruled that Trump exceeded his authority in ordering the government downsizing without consulting Congress, which created and funded the agencies in question.
While the decision cleared one major legal obstacle for the White House, the court noted that it was not assessing the legality of any specific layoff plans at federal agencies.
Those layoff proposals, some of which were submitted earlier this year, could still face legal challenges on a variety of grounds, including union opposition, statutory restrictions and civil service protections.
The White House said in a statement that the decision is a 'definitive victory for the president and his administration' that reinforced Trump's authority to implement 'efficiency across the federal government.'
However, two White House sources familiar with the matter, who asked to remain unidentified, said the ruling did not permit agencies to execute layoffs immediately.The decision clears a major legal obstacle for Trump's high-profile campaign to 'deconstruct the administrative state' - a pledge that has already resulted in an estimated 260,000 federal firings, resignations, and early retirements since January, according to internal tracking cited by Reuters.
Trump's executive order told various agencies across the federal government to prepare to decimate their workforce.
The administration has come up with plans to reduce staff at the US Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Health and Human Services, State, Treasury, Veterans Affairs and more than a dozen other agencies.
In a brief unsigned order, the court said the Trump administration was 'likely to succeed' in its argument that his directives were legally within his power.
The decision is the latest win for Trump's broader efforts to consolidate power in the executive branch.
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