The United States Supreme Court last week handed the Trump administration a notable victory in allowing the president’s layoffs of nearly 1,400 employees of the Department of Education to remain in effect.

The high court’s decision in the case of McMahon v. State of New York, pauses an order from a lower court judge in Massachusetts that had temporarily reinstated the 1,400 laid off employees at the Education Department.

In a press release, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon described the Supreme Court’s decision as a “win for students and families” and insisted that the department will still be able to carry out essential functions.

McMahon added, “As we return education to the states, this Administration will continue to perform all statutory duties while empowering families and teachers by reducing education bureaucracy.”

President Trump also celebrated this most recent emergency by the high court, saying, “The United States Supreme Court has handed a Major Victory to Parents and Students across the Country, by declaring the Trump Administration may proceed on returning the functions of the Department of Education BACK TO THE STATES.”

The Trump administration has received a number of favorable emergency rulings from the Supreme Court as the president has sought to reshape the federal government.

20 primarily Democratic states had challenged the Education Department’s layoffs and planned closure, arguing that the downsizing would leave the department unable to carry out what it termed legally mandated work.

The Supreme Court’s vote was 6-3 along ideological lines with Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor as the dissenting votes.