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The Supreme Court’s order letting Trump conduct mass federal layoffs, briefly explained

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09.07.2025
The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 27, 2025. | Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump can proceed with his campaign of mass firings in the federal government, the Supreme Court announced today, clearing the way for a dramatic hollowing-out of agencies that may be hard to reverse.

What does Trump want to do? In February, the Trump administration directed federal agencies to prepare for “large-scale reductions in force” — in other words, mass layoffs and reorganizations of the federal workforce. Those layoffs had been blocked by a lower court, but can now go forward.

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