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In a decisive ruling, the six conservative justices of the Supreme Court temporarily blocked a federal judge's order from Massachusetts demanding the reinstatement of approximately 1,400 Department of Education employees who had been laid off earlier this year. The judge's mandate was part of an ambitious effort to preserve the workforce, but the Supreme Court justices saw it as an overstep—a clear signal that federal judges should not micromanage executive branch personnel decisions.