How stupid are they? Appeals court rules that probation employees can be fired.
19 blue state employees found a traffic court judge who ruled that probationary employees can’t be fired. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, said the 19 blue states did not have the legal standing to sue the Trump Administration over mass firings.
These are federal employees and those are 19 state AG’S. Of course they have no standing. The first judge should have known that.
US District Judge James Bredar, an Obama appointee, said the Trump Administration cannot conduct massive layoffs without warning the workers.
“When the federal government terminates large numbers of its employees, including those still on probation because they were recently hired or promoted, it must follow certain rules,” the judge wrote in a 56-page order. “Some of those rules are intended to help states manage the consequences of sudden, mass layoffs.”
In April, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals cleared the way for President Trump to fire thousands of probationary workers and heard arguments in the Spring.
On Monday, the Virginia-based Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals finally dismissed the lawsuit against the Trump Administration.
