9th Circuit rejects Trump appeal, orders reinstatement of federal employees

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday rejected an appeal from the Trump administration and upheld a lower court order demanding that the administration rehire thousands of probationary employees across a range of federal agencies.

Judge William Alsup last week determined that the administration unlawfully fired thousands of employees from the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Interior, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs and ordered their reinstatement.

The panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled 2-1 in favor of upholding Alsup's order, Forbes reported. The case may soon reach the Supreme Court, where the Trump administration has already asked the justices to rule on the scope of a district judge's ability to impose nationwide injunctions.

"[Broad injunctions] compromise the executive branch’s ability to carry out its functions,” Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris wrote in a recent appeal over Trump's birthright citizenship order. “This court should declare that enough is enough before district courts’ burgeoning reliance on universal injunctions becomes further entrenched."