Supreme Court Faces Trump's Workforce Purge

The Trump administration challenges a court order to rehire recently fired federal workers. The Supreme Court is asked to block an order by Judge William Alsup, which demands six federal agencies reinstate probationary employees let go during the administration's downsizing efforts.

The administration of President Donald Trump has taken its efforts to reduce the federal workforce to the U.S. Supreme Court, questioning a judicial mandate to reinstate thousands of government workers who were let go.

The Justice Department has appealed to the Supreme Court to halt a ruling made on March 13 by U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco. The ruling orders six federal agencies to rehire thousands of probationary employees, who were recently employed and subsequently discharged as part of Trump's initiative to downsize and reform the government workforce.

This legal move marks another chapter in Trump's ongoing campaign to streamline government operations by laying off federal workers, a decision now being scrutinized by the nation's highest court.

(With inputs from agencies.)