The Trump administration asked the justices to set aside an injunction blocking its layoffs of 1,400 Education Department employees.

The Department of Education laid off roughly 1,400 employees in March and a federal judge paused the move. The Supreme Court now says it was permissible.

The US Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to proceed with sweeping staff cuts at the Department of Education, lifting a lower court injunction that had paused layoffs of around 1,400 employees in March.