Judge Rules Against Trump’s Illegal Firing of Federal Employees – Setback for Musk’s Goals as Opposition Grows

In a ruling today that was largely expected by legal analysts, but greatly upset MAGA Trump supporters, a federal judge has ruled that the firing of federal employees by the Trump Administration was illegal, allowing up to 24,000 federal employees to return to work. Because the judge was a Bill Clinton appointee, the MAGA crowd called "foul!" and blamed the ruling on partisan politics, with many claiming that President Trump has the right to fire whomever he wants to. But in rushing to judgment about this ruling, it is doubtful that the Trump supporters even read the judge's ruling and the facts of the case, as Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ) did not even argue this point (that Trump has a right to fire whomever he wants to), but in fact took the opposite position that Trump did not fire anyone, but instead gave "guidance" to the various agencies through the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and that then the agencies themselves determined who should be fired. The judge didn't buy that, mainly because when he ordered the acting OMB director Charles Ezell to testify in court about this "guidance", Trump's legal team did not allow him to testify, and instead withdrew his "declaration" so that he did not have to testify in court and obey the judge's summons. The judge essentially accused the Trump Administration of lying.