Supreme Court justices Jackson and Sotomayor disagree over Trump's federal workforce reduction plan in an 8-1 ruling that allows the president's downsizing initiative to proceed.

A U.S. district judge in San Francisco had temporarily blocked large-scale federal layoffs known as "reductions in force."

The Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a judge’s order preventing the Trump administration from conducting mass layoffs across the federal bureaucracy, for now. The court in its unsigned ruling said Trump’s February executive order directing federal agencies to prepare for reductions in force (RIFs) is likely lawful.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court paused a district court order blocking the Trump administration from implementing an executive order to reduce the federal workforce, including Department of Health and Human Services employees.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday backed President Donald Trump’s effort to carry out mass firings and reorganizations at federal agencies, putting on hold a lower court order that had temporarily blocked the president from taking those steps without approval from Congress.

At Trump's direction, the administration has come up with plans to reduce staff at the US Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Health and more than a dozen other agencies.

The law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis makes it a state crime state to enter Florida after coming into the United States illegally, and to re-enter the state following deportation.

Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and oral arguments, to provide insights into the justices’ decision […]