The Trump administration has asked the US Supreme Court to allow the firing of thousands of workers at six federal agencies after a judge ordered that they be reinstated.
In an emergency application filed on Monday, the US Justice Department argued that a California federal judge had allowed the nonprofit organizations that sued to “hijack“ the relationship between the government and its employees and violated separation of powers.
“That is no way to run a government,” Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris wrote. “This court should stop the ongoing assault on the constitutional structure before further damage is wrought.”
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