'Clear excess of authority': Judge slams Trump for sidestepping Congress

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : District Judge Susan Illston agreed with the groups and governments, which include the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Alliance for Retired Americans, Main Street Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, the city and county of San Francisco, Chicago, Baltimore, and more.
50% : " Welcoming the development in a late Friday statement, the plaintiff coalition said that "the Trump administration's unlawful attempt to reorganize the federal government has thrown agencies into chaos, disrupting critical services provided across our nation." "Each of us represents communities deeply invested in the efficiency of the federal government -- laying off federal employees and reorganizing government functions haphazardly does not achieve that," the coalition added.
44% : Signaling a desire to keep moving through the process swiftly, Illston gave the plaintiff coalition until next Wednesday to file a motion for a preliminary injunction, and the federal defendants -- Trump along with various federal agencies and their leaders -- until the following Monday to respond, with a limit of 25 pages for both.
42% : " Since returning to office in January, U.S. President Donald Trump -- aided by his Department of Government Efficiency and its de facto leader, billionaire Elon Musk -- has worked to quickly overhaul the bureaucracy, even though "the president does not possess authority to reorganize, downsize, or otherwise transform the agencies of the federal government, unless and until Congress authorizes such action," as the coalition's complaint notes.
40% : Even if the coalition's lawsuit ultimately succeeds, Republicans have a narrow majority in both chambers of Congress, meaning Trump could potentially work with lawmakers to pursue a similar gutting of the federal government before the midterm elections.

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