Overview

• The Supreme Court stayed Judge Susan Illston’s May 22 injunction, allowing the administration to resume reductions in force while the case proceeds in lower courts.
• An unsigned order said the government is likely to succeed on the legality of Trump’s executive order but expressly declined to rule on any specific agency reorganization plans.
• Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented alone, warning the decision was ill-timed and likening it to releasing the president’s “wrecking ball” before courts could assess on-the-ground impacts.
• President Trump’s February executive order directed the Department of Government Efficiency to oversee planning for large-scale layoffs across more than a dozen agencies, potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of workers.
• Labor unions, nonprofits and local governments will continue their challenge in U.S. District Court, arguing that only Congress can authorize such sweeping federal workforce cuts.