TRUMP TAKES CHALLENGE TO JUDGE'S FEDERAL WORKER REHIRING ORDER TO SUPREME COURT

President Donald Trump's administration brought its bid to purge the federal workforce to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, challenging a judicial directive to rehire thousands of fired government employees and arguing that the judge overstepped his authority.

The Justice Department in a filing asked the Supreme Court to block a March 13 order by San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge William Alsup for six federal agencies to reinstate thousands of probationary - meaning recently hired - employees dismissed as part of Trump's campaign to downsize and reshape the government.

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