Judge pauses Trump's efforts to reduce the greatness of the federal government

A federal judge in California temporarily blocked plans for reductions and restructuring in 21 departments and agencies in the entire federal government, a significant setback, since the Trump management works for reduction.

“The President has the authority to apply for changes to the executive's agencies, but he has to do so in a lawful way and, in the event of a large -scale reorganization, with the cooperation of the legislative department,” judge Susan Illston wrote in her command after you earned arguments on this topic earlier.

“Many presidents have already searched for this cooperation; they have provided many iterations of the congress. Nothing prevents the president from applying for this cooperation, as he did in his past. In fact, the court probably has the president that the president will probably have to apply for the congress cooperation to order the changes he strives to, and thus a temporary restriction to get a major qualification In order to reduce a force in the meantime, she wrote.

The temporary injunction, which provides for two weeks, puts the Personnel Optimization Initiative “Department of Government Efficiency” on hold for 21 departments and agencies. The order also contains memos, which were issued the same effect by the office for personnel management and Doge.

Illston, appointed by President Bill Clinton, believes that there is no law that gives the Office for Personnel Administration, the Office for Management and Household or the Powers to lead other federal authorities to commit themselves on large appointments, restructuring or elimination of itself. “Such a measure is far outside the limits of an authority that the congress has broadcast in Opm or OMB, and as already mentioned, Doge has no legal authority at all,” she wrote.

While thousands of federal employees who work in departments and agencies across the country have been rifled since Trump took office in January, the Trump administration has not made a precise number of employees affected.

The departments and agencies that are blocked by the establishment of reductions or restructuring include Doge, the Office for Management and Budget, the Office for Human Resources Management and the Departments for Housing and Urban Development, Interiors and means of transport.

The Trump administration argued that the lawsuit, which was submitted on April 28, lacked topicality because the executive regulation was granted almost three months ago. In similar cases across the country, the administration has argued that lawsuits that were submitted immediately after executive regulations have been submitted. “Defendants cannot have it in both directions,” wrote Richter Illston. “The court found that the plaintiffs were reasonably waited for collecting the information they could suffer from the damage they could suffer from the arrangement of the Executive Ordinance, the OMB/OPM Memorandum and the Arrps (agency Rif and reorganization plans).”

“The illegal attempt by the Trump government to reorganize the federal government rejected agencies in the chaos and disrupted critical services in our nation,” said the coalition of non-profit organizations, unions and local governments in a statement on Friday.

“Each of us represents communities that are deeply invested in the efficiency of the federal government – the awareness of federal employees and the reorganization of government functions that are accidental.

In this case, Illston will hear further arguments on May 22nd.

The White House did not immediately answer the request for comments.