The ruling could usher in a more professionalized round of layoffs, compared to the erratic rush of firings carried out by Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to fire federal workers. The big picture: The majority decision, which lifts a federal judge's earlier order freezing the cuts,

The Supreme Court's conservatives said it was a federal judge in San Francisco, not President Trump, who exceeded her authority.