The Supreme Court has allowed federal agencies to proceed with mass layoffs by reversing an injunction that had barred such actions following legal challenges to the Trump administration's workforce reduction plans. The administration argued that this decision would enable necessary efficiency improvements in government operations. The previous injunction arose from lawsuits claiming the administration needed congressional approval for workforce reorganizations. Critics expressed concerns that this ruling facilitates a dismantling of federal structures, while proponents felt it restores presidential authority to manage agency employee numbers effectively.
Federal agencies across government can resume laying off their employees en masse after the Supreme Court reversed a court order that barred those reductions, with several agencies likely to move swiftly to start cutting staff.
The court ruled in favor of the Trump administration in its push to expand the president's power to slash agency workforce rolls as he sees fit after reversing a lower court order.
The plaintiffs argued the Trump administration must receive congressional approval for its reorganization plans while the administration countered that Trump was acting wholly within his powers.
Reversing the injunction would amount to the Supreme Court 'greenlighting the dismantling of the federal government in a manner that will later be effectively impossible to undo.'
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