Scotus supports Trump to fire department workers
The divided Supreme Court supported Trump’s plan to dismantle the education department and dismantle hundreds of federal workers despite the judge’s previous suspension.
President Donald Trump’s administration is working to dismantle the Department of Education after a major victory from the Supreme Court.
Trump celebrated the Supreme Court decision on a social media post on July 14th, saying that his administration would allow him to “return strength to people” when it comes to education.
“This great Supreme Court decision may launch our superintendent Linda McMahon this very important process,” Trump wrote.
The Education Department has long been a target of conservatives who want to see it being abolished. The executive order signed by Trump in March directed McMahon to “promote the closure of the Department of Education.”
The McMahon agent cut the workforce in half, combining it with 1,300 workers fired in March and 572 employees accepting the acquisition. Massachusetts US District Judge Myong Joun said the termination prevented the federal government from effectively implementing legally necessary programs and services. Such changes were ruled in May by Joun without approval from the Congress, which created the department in 1979.
The First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Joun’s decision, but the ideologically divided Supreme Court overturned the decision. Three liberal justice in the Supreme Court opposed the verdict.
Judge Sonia Sotomayor said the majority handed Trump the power to repeal the law passed by Congress to “dismiss everything necessary to carry out them.”
Trump said the decision would allow his administration to move more education functions to the states, claiming that “the federal government operates our education system on the ground.”
Contribution: Maureen Groppe
