The administration of US President Donald Trump has requested the Supreme Court to suspend a judge’s decision to reinstate thousands of federal employees who were dismissed under a government downsizing program,

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to put on hold a federal judge’s ruling reinstating thousands of probationary federal employees who were fired as part of the government’s efforts to quickly downsize its workforce.

The Trump administration Monday asked the Supreme Court to block an order forcing the government to rehire thousands of workers fired as part of President Trump’s effort to drastically reduce the size of the federal workforce.