The Supreme Court raised a court order against the efforts of the Trump administration to gut the Department of Education.
The measure allows the administration to proceed with massive shots that cut almost half of the agency’s workforce in March.
The three liberal judges of the Court opposed the order, with Judge Sonia Sotomayor writing in dissent.
“The department is responsible for providing critical funds and services to millions of students and dozens of schools throughout the country. Lifting the court order of the District Court will unleash incalculable damage, delaying or denying educational opportunities and letting students suffer discrimination, sexual aggression and other civil rights violations without the Federal Resources Congress planned,” Sotomayor wrote.
The building of the Department of Education in Washington, DC, September 23, 2020.
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The Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, celebrated the decision, saying that the agency will continue its reduction in the workforce and efforts to return education to the United States.
“Today, the Supreme Court confirmed again: the president of the United States, as head of the Executive Branch, has the highest authority to make decisions about personnel levels, the administrative organization and the daily operations of the federal agencies,” McMahon said in a statement. “While today’s ruling is a significant victory for students and families, it is a penalty that the highest court on Earth has had to intervene to allow President Trump to advance the reforms that Americans chose it to deliver the use of the authorities granted by the Constitution of the United States.”
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