President Donald Trump believes the Supreme Court may need to get involved after a judge ordered the rehiring of fired federal employees.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup issued an order last week requiring the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of employees who had been let go in an attempt to shrink the size of government.
Trump addressed reporters onboard Air Force One, accusing the judge of effectively putting himself in the shoes of the president.
REPORTER: Do you plan to comply with the orders of the Clinton-appointed judge that ruled that the government has to rehire terminated workers?@POTUS: “I think it’s absolutely ridiculous. It’s a judge that’s putting himself in the position of the President of the United States… pic.twitter.com/rQGRDkyNPl
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 17, 2025
“It’s a judge that’s putting himself in the position of the president of the United States, who was elected by close to 80 million votes,” he said. “That’s a very dangerous thing for our country. And I would suspect that we’re going to have to get a decision from the Supreme Court.”
“And that’s a very dangerous decision for our country, because these are people in many cases, they don’t show up for work. Nobody even knows if they exist. And a judge wants us to pay them, even if they don’t know they exist and if they exist,” he explained. “And I don’t think that’s going to be happening. But we’ll have to say you have to speak to the lawyers about that.”
Meanwhile, a senior White House official spoke to Fox News Digital on Monday, revealing that the administration is ” currently appealing to the 4th and 9th Circuit.”
“In the meantime, the Administration is complying with the Court’s order. We fully expect to prevail in court.”
X users weighed in on the fight:
The president is the head of the executive branch.
He can fire people and hire people.
— Chronicles of Curiosity (@chronicles_Curi) March 17, 2025
All decisions about presidential power and its limits should go to the Supreme Court and no other court.
— Valkyries for women (@valkyriesrwomen) March 17, 2025
Obama said “so, sue me” if you disagree. Precedent set.
— Chris Wild (@RetiredUSAFR) March 17, 2025
Federal overreach threatens accountability. SCOTUS must uphold the rule of law.
— skrptd (@iamskrptd) March 17, 2025
Yes
Rehireing workers who hate half of the country is not a good thing for the country.
Who knows what they could do to them.— Debra Shaffer (@DebraSh81201691) March 17, 2025
Why is it that they think that any federal level judge is the check for Trump’s power? There’s three branches and district federal judges are not part of that, if the supreme Court were to step up, perhaps it had some light behind it.
— Jake Weeks (@Jcbwks) March 17, 2025
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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