Trump demands emergency Supreme Court ruling to force layoffs

The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court order blocking mass firings at federal agencies.

Administration attorneys filed an emergency appeal Monday of an order last week by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals that kept on hold Trump's sweeping reductions in force as part of his plans to dramatically reshape the federal government, reported CNN.

“Controlling the personnel of federal agencies lies at the heartland” of the president’s authority, argued...