The unsigned order from the high court allows the Trump administration to carry out the president’s Feb. 13 executive order demanding “large-scale reductions in force” to take place across

A ruling from the Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the administration of President Donald Trump to proceed with plans for mass layoffs of federal workers. The plans had been held up thanks to a lower court order blocking the effort. The Supreme Court overruled that order, clearing the way for Trump’s plans to move forward.

The justices granted the administration's emergency appeal seeking permission to enforce a Feb. 11 executive order that instructed agencies to carry out dramatic “reductions in force.”