The White House is scrutinizing layoff plans by federal agencies in an effort to limit further court challenges after the Supreme Court cleared the way for a sweeping downsizing of the government workforce,

The Supreme Court of the United States has issued a pivotal ruling that enables President Donald Trump to proceed with his extensive plan to overhaul the federal workforce. This decision, announced on Tuesday,

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor broke from her usual alliance with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson by siding with the Trump administration to lift a judge’s order that paused the order to carry out mass layoffs across the federal bureaucracy.

The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday for President Donald Trump's administration to resume its plans to carry out mass job cuts and the restructuring of agencies, elements of his campaign to downsize and reshape the federal government.

The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees, according to a notice sent to employees Friday morning.