Court backs Trump layoffs
The Trump Administration secured a massive legal victory with far-reaching implications on Saturday, when the D.C. Court of Appeals issued a ruling that could grant the administration relief in several ongoing cases.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Saturday granted a stay on a lower court’s order that had mandated the reinstatement of over 1,000 Voice of America (VOA) employees who had been let go by the Trump Administration, which has moved to largely gut United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM). A lower court judge had previously ordered the reinstatement of all employees and a full return to previous VOA operating standards.
“This is a huge victory for President Trump and his Article II powers granted in the United States Constitution. It’s also a victory for US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) and VOA,” Kari Lake, who has been serving as a senior advisor to the USAGM for the Trump Administration, told Fox News after Saturday’s ruling was handed down.
The decision will allow the administration to continue its planned cuts and restructuring to the USAGM, including its subsidiaries like the VOA and Radio Free Europe.
“We are eager to accomplish President Trump’s America First agenda which has always been to modernize and make our government efficient while cutting waste, fraud, and abuse,” Lake said. “Now that we have a favorable ruling in the appeals court, we look forward to accomplishing the plan we’ve always had; to bring VOA into the 21st century.”
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Most of these layoffs were Democrats who opposed Trump's agenda anyway. The court ruling should lead to a more effective control of government workers. The cuts should also help reduce the US deficit.
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