- The Supreme Court cleared the way for Trump to fire thousands of federal employees.
- A lower court had blocked the Trump administration from carrying out layoff plans.
- Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from the Tuesday decision.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an order that will effectively allow the Trump administration to proceed with plans for widespread layoffs at federal agencies, which could lead to the loss of tens of thousands of jobs.
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote a public dissent, calling the decision "hubristic and senseless."
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