A federal judge has ruled that a plan by the Trump administration to slash staffing at the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters by 50% was unlawful.

The opinion issued late Friday marked a victory for labor groups who had sued the agency. The labor organization had argued that plans by the Department of Homeland Security, which was then led by Secretary Kristi Noem, violated congressional protections that were designed to safeguard the independence of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The issue of the FEMA staffing was part of a much larger lawsuit filed by the American Federation of Government Employees and other labor groups, pushing back on efforts by the Trump administration to slash the federal workforce.

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[–] 23 points 3 days ago

Now to hire all those folks back! I'm sure they didn't go to other private jobs that paid more.

Oh, and I'm also confident they will return to work knowing this administration learned their lesson and won't try to fire them all using a slightly different reasoning in the near future.

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