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.

A court-ordered pause in May covered nearly two dozen federal agencies at different stages of executing President Trump’s directive for mass layoffs. The Supreme Court said the administration could proceed.

Federal employees are scrambling now that the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of President Donald Trump's desire to slash the government workforce. Although it's currently on summer break, the Court lifted an order Tuesday blocking Trump from firing federal workers in nearly two dozen agencies,