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Summary

Federal Judge William Alsup ordered the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to rescind its January and February memos directing mass firing of probationary federal employees, ruling them "illegal."

Alsup declared OPM "has no authority to tell any agency... who they can hire and who they can fire," and ordered OPM to notify the Department of Defense immediately.

Though the ruling doesn't automatically reinstate dismissed workers, union leaders called it "an important initial victory."

Acting OPM Director Charles Ezell will testify at an upcoming hearing. The directives could have affected hundreds of thousands of government employees.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Tomorrow:

The directors of the firm hired to run the departments after the other people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked.

[–] Arghblarg 19 points 18 hours ago

A Møøse once bit my sister

[–] [email protected] 32 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Another court decision that we can expect this admin to not comply with…

[–] [email protected] 19 points 18 hours ago

~~Admin~~ Regime

[–] [email protected] 15 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

They're deliberately misinterpreting some orders, but they aren't fully ignoring the courts at the moment. They still fear the courts. We've got to use every tool we can to fight back. The courts are one tool, we should use them

They've complied with important court orders recently. Don't take any outcome for granted until it happens. Otherwise we just doom and spread the apathy that Trump and Musk want us to have

For instance,

Gov. Josh Shapiro Says Over $2 Billion of Federal Funding Is Unfrozen for Pennsylvania

[–] [email protected] 12 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Though the ruling doesn’t automatically reinstate dismissed workers,

Why the fuck doesn't it do that?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 16 hours ago

It's just too darn complicated! Who knew that running the government, even right into the ground, would be difficult? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 10 points 17 hours ago

And SO HELP THEM GOD if they DONT! They'll get a STERN LETTER!