The Supreme Court's conservatives said it was a federal judge in San Francisco, not President Trump, who exceeded her authority.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Donald Trump's administration to pursue mass government job cuts and the sweeping downsizing of numerous agencies, a decision that could lead to tens of thousands of layoffs while dramatically reshaping the federal bureaucracy.

Tens of thousands of federal workers have been fired, have left their jobs via deferred resignation programs, or have been placed on leave.