US judge blocks State Department's planned overhaul, mass layoffs

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Source: Reuters

June 13, 2025 3:17 PM EDT Updated 6 min ago


June 13 (Reuters) - A federal judge in California on Friday temporarily blocked the U.S. State Department from implementing an agency-wide reorganization plan that includes 2,000 layoffs.

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco during a virtual hearing said her May ruling barring federal agencies from laying off tens of thousands of employees at the direction of President Donald Trump applies to the planned overhaul announced by the State Department last month.

U.S. Department of Justice lawyer Alexander Resar said in response that the State Department would not issue layoff notices that were scheduled to go out on Saturday.

The State Department had argued that its reorganization plan submitted to Congress last month predated a February executive order and subsequent White House memo directing mass layoffs, placing it outside the scope of Illston's decision. The ruling came in a lawsuit by a group of unions, nonprofits and municipalities. The State Department and lawyers for the plaintiffs did not immediately respond to requests for comment

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-finance-reporting/us-judge-blocks-state-departments-planned-overhaul-mass-layoffs-2025-06-13/

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[Klarkashton]

1. Until the next judge in line overturns it.

It's a big charade.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. The Appeals Court had originally upheld it

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143469050

and that was appealed to the SCOTUS - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143470488 (who has not ruled on yet).

But Rubio was going to ignore all that and go ahead with the reorg anyway, so this appears to be reiterating the NO!

(and that is where it stands )

[cstanleytech]

3. Allowing Trump to do this is an overreach by him as Trump is not the king.

Congress has to say he can enact such cuts and at that point Trump can go ahead and do it.
Personally I kind of look forward to the Republicans in Congress cutting their own throats with cuts to everything if it would lead to a +60% Democratic majority in the House and Senate.
At least then they would have the ability to do an overall that's beneficial for the majority of Americans instead of the one the Republicans are doing which is only beneficial to the minority of the ultra wealthy,