Update on the RIFs case (reductions in force, firings of government employees during the shutdown). Last night the defense (Trump admin) submitted their opposition/response to the motion for preliminary injunction filed by the plaintiffs (the unions). It is thirty pages long, which is a shame because the Clinton-appointed lady judge in the Northern District of California will not bother to read it.
Also last night, the defense filed its opposition/response to the motion for plaintiffs to amend their complaint yet again. It's only five pages, but the judge still won't read it.
The union lawyers are expected to file their hysterical replies on Monday, and then the Big Hearing Covering Everything will commence on Tuesday, at which time the judge will undoubtedly ignore everything the admin lawyers have to say and declare that "everything [the union lawyer] just said is what I'm ruling," as she literally did in the last hearing, and that nobody can be fired no matter what.