The Supreme Court on Tuesday paused an order from a federal judge in California that had required the Trump administration to reinstate 16,000 fired probationary federal workers at six agencies.
In an unsigned 7-2 order, the justices wrote that the national nonprofits who brought the case — and served as the basis of the nationwide injunction to reinstate federal employees — likely did not have the legal right to bring the case.
The ruling means the Trump administration can keep the employees fired from half a dozen agencies, including the Agriculture Department, Defense Department and Veterans Affairs Department, while the case plays out before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
