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Supreme Court Lets Trump Fire Nearly 1,400 Education Employees
The post Supreme Court Lets Trump Fire Nearly 1,400 Education Employees appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Topline The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to move forward with gutting the Department of Education in the latest legal win for the White House as it seeks to effectively dismantle the department. President Donald Trump holding up a signed executive order as he poses with U.S. Education Secretary … More Linda McMahon at the White House on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chen Mengtong/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images) China News Service via Getty Images Key Facts The order lifts a preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in May to pause layoffs of nearly 1,400 employees, with Joun ruling the changes couldn’t be made without congressional approval. The court did not explain its decision, which is typical of emergency appeals, according to the Associated Press. The court’s three liberal justices dissented, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor writing the layoffs will “unleash untold harm” and accusing the majority of deeming “it more important to free the Government from paying employees it had no right to fire than to avert these very real harms while the litigation continues.” Trump announced in March his administration would eliminate half of the department’s 4,000 positions and placed the workers on administrative leave. Big Number $7 million. That’s how much it costs per month for the administration to continue paying Education employees it’s put on administrative leave, according to the American Federation of Government Employees Local 252. What To Watch For A complete elimination of the agency would require congressional approval, since the department was created by Congress. It’s unclear if such a move would have the votes, however, since it would require support from Democrats to pass the Senate. Key Background Trump has long promised to essentially shut down the Department of Education in what he claims is…
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Topline The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to move forward with gutting the Department of Education in the latest legal win for the White House as it seeks to effectively dismantle the department. President Donald Trump holding up a signed executive order as he poses with U.S. Education Secretary … More Linda McMahon at the White House on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chen Mengtong/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images) China News Service via Getty Images Key Facts The order lifts a preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in May to pause layoffs of nearly 1,400 employees, with Joun ruling the changes couldn’t be made without congressional approval. The court did not explain its decision, which is typical of emergency appeals, according to the Associated Press. The court’s three liberal justices dissented, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor writing the layoffs will “unleash untold harm” and accusing the majority of deeming “it more important to free the Government from paying employees it had no right to fire than to avert these very real harms while the litigation continues.” Trump announced in March his administration would eliminate half of the department’s 4,000 positions and placed the workers on administrative leave. Big Number $7 million. That’s how much it costs per month for the administration to continue paying Education employees it’s put on administrative leave, according to the American Federation of Government Employees Local 252. What To Watch For A complete elimination of the agency would require congressional approval, since the department was created by Congress. It’s unclear if such a move would have the votes, however, since it would require support from Democrats to pass the Senate. Key Background Trump has long promised to essentially shut down the Department of Education in what he claims is…
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