dailycaller.com By Katelynn Richardson
Twenty-one states are urging a district court judge not to undermine the executive branch’s authority by intervening in decisions about the federal workforce, according to an amicus brief shared with the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Labor unions, local governments and nonprofits, backed by the left-wing group Democracy Forward, sued April 28 to block over 20 agencies from reducing their workforces, a process President Donald Trump initiated through a February executive order.
The states, led by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, asserted an interest in the case because the plaintiffs “seek to turn the separation of powers on its head and diminish the President’s authority under Article II of the Constitution.” They urged Clinton-appointed Judge Susan Illston, who is overseeing the case, to deny the request.
“Plaintiffs invite this court to begin micromanaging the personnel decisions of virtually the entire federal government, from the Department of Defense and Department of State to the EPA and Social Security Administration,” the states wrote in an amicus brief. “This sweeping request may be more extreme than any currently pending case.”
Trump issued his executive order to commence “a critical transformation of the Federal bureaucracy.”
“By eliminating waste, bloat, and insularity, my Administration will empower American families, workers, taxpayers, and our system of Government itself,” the February 11 order states…
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