Split 4th Circuit: States Lack Standing To Sue Over Federal Worker Firings

( September 9, 2025, 1:59 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — Nineteen states and the District of Columbia lack standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution to sue over the firing of probationary federal workers en masse, a divided Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Sept. 8, vacating a trial court’s preliminary injunction and remanding with instruction that the case be dismissed....