Before Tuesday, a district court had barred the Trump administration from firing federal employees en masse as his executive order calling for “large-scale reductions in force” undergoes legal challenges. Then, the Supreme Court granted Trump’s emergency request to lift the injunction.

Washington — The Supreme Court spent much of its most recent term responding to a fire hose of requests for emergency relief sought by the Trump administration, as President Trump's efforts to implement key aspects of his second-term agenda were stymied by lower courts on several fronts.

The Tuesday decision said that Trump's executive order directing agencies to develop workforce reduction plans is likely lawful.

A federal judge on Thursday has again barred President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing his executive order limiting birthright citizenship across the country after the U.S. Supreme Court restricted the ability of judges to block his policies using nationwide injunctions.

SCOTUS allowed President Trump’s federal workforce cuts to proceed temporarily, pausing a lower court block while legal challenges continue.