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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 24, 2025

The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the firing of thousands of workers at six federal agencies after a judge ordered that they be reinstated. Bloomberg Law reports that the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) filed an emergency application today. The case involves 16,000 fired workers who had probationary status, meaning they had been in their roles for no more than two years. Departments impacted include Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Interior, Treasury and Veterans Affairs. DOJ also asked the court for permission to keep the reinstated employees on paid administrative leave instead of taking steps to restore them to full active duty while the litigation process proceeds.