Partnership for Public Service statement on Supreme Court ruling allowing Trump administration to enforce large-scale federal agency RIFs 

July 8, 2025

WASHINGTON – The nonpartisan, nonprofit Partnership for Public Service today released the following statement from President and CEO Max Stier on the Supreme Court’s ruling granting an emergency appeal from the Trump administration to enforce a Feb. 11 executive order instructing agencies to carry out large-scale reductions in force: 

“Today’s decision by the Supreme Court, although procedural in form, will allow the Trump administration to continue its reckless demolition of federal agencies, thereby making a mockery of the constitutional separation of powers that is the basis of our democracy. There will be irreparable harm to the American people, as we are experiencing already.” 

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