The Supreme Court on Tuesday paused an order by a judge in San Francisco that would require the federal government to reinstate more than 16,000 workers who were fired by six agencies earlier this year. A group of nonprofits challenging the layoffs argued that the terminations by the Office of Personnel Management violated several different parts of the federal law governing administrative agencies. But by an apparent vote of 7-2, the justices nonetheless put the order by Senior U.S. District Judge William Alsup on hold while the challenge to the firings continues, explaining that the nonprofits do not have a legal right, known as standing, to challenge the terminations.
This is so fucking stupid, it is obvious from the facts here that the administration lied and broke the law when they said all of these probationary employees were fired for cause, but the supreme court is just going to ignore that entirely and say “eh, you’re the wrong organization to bring this lawsuit, so the administration gets to go on breaking the law and demolishing these agencies until the right organization challenges them (and we’re not saying who the right organization is)”
Just an absolute clown show of a judicial system