The verdict comes after a union of trade unions, via a lawsuit in Boston, demanded that the savings program be stopped. Late on Wednesday, another group of trade unions filed a similar lawsuit, this time in Washington DC.
According to the plans, which the Trump-allied tech billionaire Elon Musk has been driving to get through, publicly employed individuals will be encouraged to resign in exchange for being paid until September 30.
It is not clear how many have taken advantage of the offer, but according to the White House, this group consisted of 65,000 people on Friday.
"Today's verdict is a setback in the fight for dignity and justice for public employees," but it is not the end of this fight. It is important to emphasize that the verdict does not answer the question of whether the savings program is legal or not," writes Everett Kelley, chairman of AFGE, a trade union for public employees, in a statement.
