The Supreme Court issued a bombshell decision that cleared the way for Donald Trump to enact the most dramatic shake-up of Washington D.C. in modern history.
The court ruling lifts an injunction that temporarily blocked Trump’s sweeping executive order to institute mass layoffs across the federal government.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned the decision ‘would release the president’s wrecking ball.’
Trump in February directed 19 federal agencies to prepare for mass staff reductions. An injunction was issued in May 22 by a district court judge.
The unsigned majority opinion on Tuesday emphasized it was not weighing the legality of the layoffs themselves, only permitting the administration to implement them while legal challenges continue in the lower courts.