Judge Pauses Layoffs as White House Vows More to Come: BGOV Tax

Judge Pauses Layoffs as Vought Vows More

Federal workers laid off by the Trump administration during the ongoing government shutdown got a temporary reprieve Wednesday, when a federal judge froze the move, calling it likely “illegal and in excess of authority.”

“It’s really ready, fire, aim on most of these programs,” Judge Susan Illston of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said at a hearing in San Francisco. “It’s a human cost that cannot be tolerated.”

The ruling came at nearly the same time as comments from White House budget chief Russell Vought, who predicted that ...