The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump's administration to resume dismantling the Department of Education, part of his bid to shrink the federal government's role in education in favor of more control by the states.

A Biden-appointed Massachusetts judge ruled in May that the Trump administration must re-hire fired Education Department employees while a lawsuit against Trump’s executive order is pending. An appeals court sided with the judge and upheld his ruling, prompting the federal government to file an emergency application with the Supreme Court.