The Trump administration petitioned the Supreme Court on Friday to lift a temporary injunction on the mass layoffs of federal employees, the administration’s latest effort to thwart district courts from blocking President Donald Trump’s agenda.

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, a Bill Clinton appointee, for the Northern District of California, ruled May 9 in a 42-page order that the administration’s effort to reduce the federal workforce was illegal without congressional authorization. The plaintiffs in the case included the American Federation of Government Employees and the AFL-CIO.

“The district court lacked jurisdiction over this dispute related to federal personnel actions, and respondents lacked a cause of action to challenge White House direction and guidance about plans for future agency RIFs [reduction in forces],” Solicitor General John Sauer wrote in a brief to the high court.

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