The move comes after San Francisco District Court Judge Susanillston ruled on May 22, siding with a group of plaintiffs including unions, nonprofit organizations and local governments against the collective dismissal plan.
Ms. Illston had previously banned about 20 federal agencies from mass layoffs for two weeks on May 9 and required job restoration for those whose contracts had been terminated.
Ms. illstons ruling called Mr. Trumps authority to demand a large-scale personnel cut. The president can only restructure federal agencies widely if Congress allows, she said. The agencies involved in the incident include the Ministry of Agriculture, Trade, Health and Human Services, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and the Veterans.
The Trump administration argues that the management of personnel in federal agencies is within the executive powers guaranteed in Article II of the Constitution.
The Ministry of Justice in the Supreme Court is clearly stated: "The Constitution does not set the assumption that the President does not have the control of personnel of agencies, and the President does not need the special permission of the National Assembly to exercise those basic rights."
However, on May 30, the San Francisco 9th District Court of Appeal rejected the Trump administration's request to suspend Judge illston's verdict by a 2-1 vote. The court said that the authorities could not prove that leaving the verdict un renewed would cause irreparable damage, and determined that the plaintiffs were likely to win the lawsuit.
The court also ruled that Trump's executive order "crosses the President's Congressional authority to supervise", calling it "an unprecedented restructuring effort for the federal government and its activities."
Since returning to the presidency in January, Trump has repeatedly asked the Supreme Court to intervene after lower-level courts blocked his policies. In his February directive, Trump asked federal agencies to quickly prepare to start large-scale personnel cuts as part of a government restructuring plan.
