Supreme Court permits Trump’s “indefensible” Department of Education purge

The U S Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump to proceed with mass firings in the U S Department of Learning on Monday In an unsigned order the conservative high court struck a lower-court ruling that had paused the president s plan The majority did not explain its decision but Justices Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented In the dissent Sotomayor called the actions indefensible and a critical blow to the powers given to Congress by the Constitution The majority is either willfully blind to the implications of its ruling or naive but either way the threat to our Constitution s separation of powers is grave Unable to join in this misuse of our urgency docket I respectfully dissent Sotomayor wrote Training Department Secretary Linda McMahon praised the Court s ruling as a key win for students and families The U S Department of Training will now deliver on its mandate to restore excellence in American schooling We will carry out the reduction in force to promote efficiency and accountability and to ensure guidance are directed where they matter largest part to students parents and teachers McMahon wrote McMahon notified Fox News that the ruling was a real triumph for the future of American learning Related How our population schools are tied to the physical condition of our democracy U S District Judge Myong Joun issued an injunction against Trump s executive order that would dismantle the Teaching Department in May The record abundantly reveals that the defendants true intention is to effectively dismantle the department without an authorizing statute Joun wrote It s the latest accomplishment for the conservative high court which has already issued a slew of decisions that benefit the Trump administration Last week the Court permitted the administration to continue mass firings at federal agencies In June the Court allowed third country deportations meaning settlers could be deported to countries other than their own Also in June SCOTUS paved the way for Trump s administration to restrict birthright citizenship When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law and then executes on that promise it is the Judiciary s duty to check that lawlessness not expedite it Sotomayor wrote on Monday Read more about Trump s attacks on teaching No future poll is going to fix the obstacle Trump s war on schooling is worse than it looks All-out betrayal Trump halts nearly billion in federal funding for schools Trump may want to close the Department of Guidance but for now he s exploiting its power The post Supreme Court permits Trump s indefensible Department of Teaching purge appeared first on Salon com