Federal agencies can resume firing thousands of probationary employees after an appeals court paused a lower court’s order Wednesday.
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit paused a district judge’s order directing federal agencies to rehire fired employees in “probationary” status that live and work in 19 states and Washington, D.C. The district court likely doesn’t have the jurisdiction to reverse the firings, appeals court judges Allison Jones Rushing, a Trump appointee, and Harvie Wilkinson, a Reagan appointee, said in their order.
The order is another significant boost for President