Appeals court upholds order to rehire thousands of federal workers

An appeals court is upholding a judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to rehire thousands of federal workers. The government argued that judges can’t “micromanage” federal worker policies. But a split 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel turned back the emergency motion. At issue was a lower court judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to rehire thousands of probationary workers who were let go in mass firings. The judge found legal problems with the way the firings were carried out.