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Opponent of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson supreme court The order, presented Tuesday, prompted one of her liberal colleagues to speak out about their differences with her.
Former President Barack Obama appointee Judge Sonia Sotomayor said he simply agreed that the High Court’s 8-1 order clears the presidential path. Donald Trump Continuing to shrink the government was the right decision.
“I agree with Judge Jackson that the President cannot restructure federal agencies in a way that contradicts Congress’ duties,” Sotomayor wrote. “However, here the relevant executive order directs agencies to plan for a reorganization and reduction of force “consistent with applicable law,” and the resulting joint memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget and Personnel Management repeats. ”
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Assistant Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson stands as she and Supreme Court members will raise a new group portrait after her addition in the Supreme Court building in Washington on October 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
Sotomayor’s remarks were included as part of a short, two-page order from the Supreme Court that Trump signed in February stated that a signed executive order directing federal agencies to plan “forced large scale reductions (RIF), consistent with applicable law.”
The Supreme Court said there was no opinion at this stage on the legality of actual job cuts, and that the question was not before the High Court.
However, Jackson felt it differently, according to the 15-page dissent that was attached to the order.
Jackson, the youngest justice and former presidential appointee Joe Bidena lower court judge said it was right to suspend further cuts to federal workers. Jackson gave a lecture to his colleagues about anything else.
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The Supreme Court was filmed on February 28, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file)
“The temporary, practical, harmful preservation of the current situation was not comparable to the court’s demonstrated enthusiasm for the president’s emergency stance in bringing the president’s legally suspicious behavior to green,” Jackson said.
Future government miniaturization will choose to either have already lost jobs or choose to accept the acquisition plan as part of Trump’s stated goals to scale back the federal government and operate more efficiently.
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The Supreme Court order stems from lawsuits filed by labor and nonprofit organizations. He argued that the president’s decision to dramatically reduce the federal workforce that has been violated by Congress’s authority in approving and funding government jobs.
Orders are issued on an emergency basis and are temporary only. It will remain intact while the Trump administration appeals the case in the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Ninth Circuit.
