AG Ellison, AG Schwalb, and AG Brown co-led a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit in federal court in Maryland against numerous federal agencies for conducting illegal mass layoffs of federal probationary employees. These mass firings will cause irreparable burdens and expenses to the states, both to support recently unemployed workers, and to review and adjudicate claims of unemployment assistance. Moreover, the unlawful layoffs will harm state finances and undermine vital state-federal partnerships. 

“Whether Donald Trump likes it or not, there are laws governing large-scale reductions in the federal government’s workforce that his administration must abide by. Trump’s unlawful mass firings have been needlessly cruel, chaotic, and harmful to many people, including the state of Minnesota, so I am taking the Trump Administration to court. I do not wake up every day looking for reasons to sue Donald Trump, yet once again, his administration’s willful violations of the law have forced me to take action." – AG Ellison