5 days ago the US Supreme Court issued a 90 unanimous decision and in so doing

they expanded the rights of federal workers to sue the federal government.

Let's go through the details of the case together.

To start with, back in the year 2013,

back when Barack Obama was still in office,

the Pentagon experienced some cutbacks

in terms of their funding, which then subsequently led them to furlow some of their employees.

Among the employees was a man named Stuart Harrow.

Mr Harrow was an employee with the Department of Defense, and during this period of time, he was furloughed for a total of six days, which on the one hand seems almost inconsequential,

except for the fact that it set off an 11-year-long chain reaction.

Because you see, Mr. Harrow did not take the situation

lying down instead he attempted to get an exemption from the furlough on the

grounds of financial hardship quote

Stuart Harrow was a long-term defense employee when he was furloughed from work for six days in 2013.

He objected and timely took his case, as was his right, to the Merit Systems Protection Board, or the MSPB.

This is the agency responsible for deciding. Services Protection Board, or the MSPB.

This is the agency responsible for deciding federal employment disputes,

such as removals, suspensions, demotions, and furloughs.

And so essentially back in 2013, Mr. Harrow acted as his own attorney and he challenged the Pentagon's

employment decision before the relevant administrative judge. However this

case moved at the speed of government meaning that three years later in 2016, the judge ruled against

Mr Harrow and he upheld the six-day furlow.

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