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'Follow the law as it stands': Judge rules against Trump admin, sides with FEMA official axed during DOGE firing spree

To hear the court tell it, the Trump administration was effectively angling to overturn longstanding precedent in the case. But that precedent, from an 1886 ruling, still stands.

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A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration could not overturn an 1886 precedent in a case involving a FEMA official who was dismissed during a period of mass firings. The court upheld the longstanding precedent, rejecting the administration’s attempt to change it.

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