Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Federal Layoffs

The ruling lifts a lower court order halting Trump’s planned firings and restructuring of federal agencies.
Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Federal Layoffs
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on June 3, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Matthew Vadum
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The Supreme Court on July 8 lifted a lower court order that prevented the Trump administration from carrying out job cuts en masse and restructuring federal agencies.

The new ruling lifts U.S. District Judge Susan Illston’s May 22 order that temporarily stopped large-scale layoffs known as reductions in force from moving forward while the litigation continues in the lower courts.