Ice Miller partner Jarrod Loadholt appeared on a ABC7 News segment, "‘Can President Trump fire workers during a government shutdown? Expert explains."

The article included:

Over 100,000 federal workers were expected to resign on Tuesday due to Congress’s failure to reach a deal — causing a government shutdown. Federal agencies were told to prepare for reduction-in-force plans, anticipating mass firings during a shutdown, according to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

“A reduction of force like the one that I think the White House is envisioning is something that we've never really done,” said Partner in Government Affairs and Regulatory Law Group at Ice Miller, Jarrod Loadholt.

Some unions, including the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), are using the Antideficiency Act as a way to file lawsuits against the Trump Administration for any potential mass firings of federal workers.

“Where this falls is an open question, but I think the law itself really didn't envision,” said Loadholt. “When you look at how White Houses approach shutdowns, there's some creative lawyering. That tends to happen about what they can do to justify the steps they want to take.”

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