Trump Must Halt Mass Layoffs of Federal Workers, Judge Rules

Donald Trump outside the West Wing of the White House.

Photographer: Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg

The Trump administration must temporarily cease from engaging in widespread layoffs and firings for government workers, a California federal court ruled Friday.

President Donald Trump’s February executive order calling for a radical reorganization of the federal workforce likely violates the Constitution, Judge Susan Illston of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said.