Supreme Court clears the way for Trump's plans to downsize the federal workforce

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7. WaPo article says the two liberal Justices sided with the 6 pack because--

"But in this case, two of the liberal justices — Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor — appeared to have joined the conservatives in allowing the administration to plan reorganizations and reductions in the workforce. Sotomayor said it was because the administration had directed agencies to operate “consistent with applicable law.”

"“The plans themselves are not before this Court, at this stage, and we thus have no occasion to consider whether they can and will be carried out consistent with the constraints of law,” wrote Sotomayor, adding that the lower-court judge is still free to assess the legality of the administration’s plans.

"In their brief unsigned order, the majority said, “we express no view on the legality of any” agency plans for restructuring or shrinking of the workforce and left open the possibility that the issue could return to the Supreme Court."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/08/supreme-court-trump-mass-layoffs-federal-workers/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert