WASHINGTON − An ideologically divided Supreme Court on July 14 allowed the Trump administration to fire hundreds of workers from the Education Department and continue other efforts to dismantle the agency. The court's three liberal justices opposed the order, the latest win for President Donald Trump at the high court.

The court has supported his administration on issues like immigration, federal employee dismissals and military policies.

Lower-court judges have already blocked several Trump's policies including an asylum ban at the US-Mexico border.

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to pause a lower court order that required the Department of Education to reinstate nearly 1,400 employees.

OPM’s guidance offers some leeway to the Trump administration’s policy requiring most federal employees to work in the office full time.

Seven lawyers who spoke with Reuters cited a punishing workload and the need to defend policies that some felt were not legally justifiable among the key reasons for the wave of departures.

Scholars and practitioners examine the Court’s most important regulatory decisions of this past term.

The Education Department has pledged to carry out required functions, but questions remain about its plan for contending with the loss of staff.