India, July 15 -- US President Donald Trump secured another win on Monday as the Supreme Court cleared the way for his plan to dismantle the Department of Education, allowing him to lay off nearly 1,400 workers.

The top court justices lifted a federal judge's order reinstating the workers affected by the mass layoffs at the education department and blocking the Trump administration from transferring major functions to other federal agencies.

US District Judge Myong Joun in Boston had said that the layoffs "will likely cripple the department".

The dismantling of the education department is a part of the US President's plan to shrink the role of federal government in education to allow more state control.

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