Nearly two weeks ago a federal judge in California, William Alsup, ordered the Trump administration to rehire thousands of probationary government workers who had been fired in February as part of a government downsizing effort. That ruling applied to six agencies: Veterans Affairs, Defense, Energy, Interior, Agriculture and Treasury.
Later the same night a second judge in Maryland ordered the rehiring of even more probationary employees at a different collection of agencies.
The agencies covered by U.S. District Judge James Bredar’s sweeping order, issued Thursday night, include the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Labor, State, Transportation and Treasury, among others.
Bredar’s order sweeps even more broadly than a ruling earlier in the day from a different federal judge, who…
