The Supreme Court opens the door to mass federal layoffs

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  President Donald Trump's second term has been an exercise in remaking the federal government.

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  His administration has fired tens of thousands of federal workers across almost all agencies.

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  But a legal question has loomed over these actions.

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  Can Trump unilaterally slice up the federal government however he wants?

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  Yesterday, the Supreme Court weighed in.

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  At least for now, Trump can continue to order mass layoffs.

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  From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports.

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  I'm Colby Ickowitz.

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  It's Wednesday, July 9th.

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  Today,

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  we'll unpack the Supreme Court's decision to allow Trump to go ahead and order mass layoffs at federal agencies.

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  The Post and Merrimow joins me to explain this case,

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  how it worked its way up and into the so-called shadow docket,

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  and what this ruling could mean for the future of presidential powers.

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  Ann, hi.

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  Thanks for joining us.

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  Thanks for having me, Colby.

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  So Ann, I want to understand.

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  So there's been a new ruling from the Supreme Court this week.

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  And the case itself is kind of confusing.

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