The Supreme Court Trump wins 6-3 the decision on the federal reductions in the workforce

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to move forward, at least for the moment, with plans to implement large-scale cuts on federal workforce, issuing a suspension which raises an injunction of a lower court against the administration decree.

In a decision of 6 to 3, the judges granted the emergency request filed by the White House last week, paving the way for decree n ° 14210 while the legal challenges take place in the ninth circuit and potentially at the High Court.

The order orders federal agencies to carry out radical strength reductions (RIF) and agency reorganizations.

It was described by administration officials as a lawful effort to “rationalize the government and eliminate waste”. Critics, including unions, local governments and non -profit organizations, argue that the president illegally bypasses the congress to dismantle major parties of the federal government.

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US President Donald Trump answers questions at a press conference on recent Supreme Court decisions in the White House Information Salle on June 27, 2025 in Washington, DC (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

A majority in the court stressed that she did not rule on the legality of specific agencies, only the decree itself.

“Because the government is likely to succeed in its argument according to which the decree and the memorandum are lawful – and because the other factors which were to grant a suspension are satisfied – we grant the request,” the court wrote. “We do not express ourselves any opinion on the legality of any RIF agency and reorganization plan produced or approved in accordance with the executive decree and a memorandum. The district court has prohibited the implementation or approval of the plans based on the illegality of the executive decree and the memorandum, and not on the evaluation of the plans themselves. These plans are not before this court.”

The California district court had blocked the order in May, calling it an exceeding. However, the unsigned decision of the Supreme Court canceled this injunction on Tuesday, awaiting appeal. The majority said that the government was “likely to succeed” to defend the legality of the order.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has dissipated with force, writing that “this court judges well intervene now and release the president’s ball at the start of this dispute”. She warned that executive action represents a “structural overhaul which usurpes the prerogatives of developing congresses” and accused the majority of having acted prematurely in an emergency posture without fully understanding the facts.

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A majority in the court stressed that she did not rule on the legality of specific agencies, only the decree itself. (Nicolas Economicou / Nurphoto via Getty Images)

“This unilateral decision to” transform “the federal government was quickly challenged before the Federal Court,” she wrote. “The district judge has examined in depth the evidence, considered as an applicable right and decided that the officials of the executive branches should be enjoined to implement the mandated restructuring … but that the temporary, practical and reduction of the misdeeds of the status quo was not up to the emergency posture of this court.”

The decree, published in February, asked the agencies to prepare immediate plans for reorganizations and labor reductions, in particular by eliminating the roles deemed “non-critical” or “not legally mandated”. The administration says that it is a necessary response to the swollen government and to the obsolete structures, claiming that the injunction obliges agencies to be preserved “thousands of employees whose continuation in the federal service … is not in government and public interest”.

Unions and representatives of the state opposing the plan say that it goes beyond the normal management of the workforce and could prohibit services in several agencies. They indicate proposed reductions of more than 50% to the Ministry of Energy and almost 90% at the National Institute of Safety and Occupational Health.

Judges of the United States Supreme Court pose for their official photo at the Supreme Court of Washington, DC on October 7, 2022 (Olivier Douliery / AFP via Getty Images)

The court’s decision is not a final judgment on the legality of the decree. He only determines that the implementation can take place temporarily while calls continue. If the ninth circuit confirms the injunction or the Supreme Court refuses to take the case later, the order could again be interrupted.

The American union of employees of the federal government had an energetic response: “The decision of today has brought a blow to our democracy and puts services on which the American people count on grave dated. This decision does not change the simple and clear fact that the reorganization of government functions and the establishment of federal workers in random mass without any approval of the Congress will not be fighting. critical audiences on which we intend to stay safe and healthy. “

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The case is Trump c. American Federation of Government Employees.

“The decision of the Supreme Court of the United States today is another final victory for the president and his administration,” wrote Harrison Fields, deputy director of the White House, in an email at Fox News Digital. “It clearly reprimands the continuous attacks against the executive powers authorized by the president constitutionally by left judges who try to prevent the president from achieving the effectiveness of the government through the federal government.”