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Wed Apr 9, 2025, 02:11 PM Apr 9

4th Circuit clears way for Trump to restart mass firings of probationary workers

A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to resume firing thousands of probationary government employees, lifting a lower-court judge’s order that had blocked most of the mass terminations.

A divided three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded Wednesday that the coalition of Democratic attorneys general who brought the case appeared to lack legal standing to challenge the firings.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/09/trump-federal-worker-firing-court-case-00281834
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4th Circuit clears way for Trump to restart mass firings of probationary workers (Original Post) In It to Win It Apr 9 OP
oh good Tickle Apr 9 #1
US judges only too happy to help Trump destroy this country. Irish_Dem Apr 9 #2
What a wrong headed decision. FloridaBlues Apr 9 #3
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