Judge rules Trump admin 'does not have any authority whatsoever' to carry out mass firings

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : He also asserted that Trump has the "inherent constitutional authority" to decide "how best to manage the Executive Branch, including whom to hire and remove, what conditions to place on continued employment, and what processes to employ in making these determinations."
48% : The Department of Defense, for example, has statutory authority to hire and fire," Alsup said.
47% : This includes the U.S. Department of Defense, the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service and the National Science Foundation, among others.
40% : " READ MORE: Trump firings of federal workers will 'absolutely' affect the economy: historian This means that the probationary employees (who have been in their roles for less than a year and have fewer protections than career civil servants) who have been fired could be reinstated soon.
39% : The Washington Post reported that senior U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who was appointed to the bench by President Bill Clinton, ordered the Trump administration's Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to rescind its orders to agencies to fire probationary-level employees.

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