July 8, 2025court rulingfederal workforceadministrative lawjudiciarygovernmentlabor
Supreme Court stays injunction in Trump v. AFGE, clearing the way for mass federal layoffs
The Supreme Court lifted a lower-court injunction that had paused federal workforce reductions, letting agencies including the State Department proceed. The justices wrote they expressed no view on the legality of any reorganization plan. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.