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SCOTUS Says Trump Admin Can Move Forward With Mass Layoffs At Education Department

"Public Advocate's Wizards of DOGE celebrate today the dismantling of the Department of Education as confirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States, " says Eugene Delgaudio, president of Public Advocate.

The Federalist reports:

The Department of Education can proceed with the mass layoff of around 1,400 employees, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, blocking a rogue lower court order to reinstate the employees.

The order in McMahon v. New York was decided 6-3, and temporarily halted the lower court reinstatement. The three liberal justices offered a 19-page dissent on why the president of the United States, through his cabinet secretaries, should not have the authority to eliminate unnecessary and wasteful positions in the executive branch.

"Today, the Supreme Court again confirmed the obvious: the President of the United States, as the head of the Executive Branch, has the ultimate authority to make decisions about staffing levels, administrative organization, and day-to-day operations of federal agencies," said Education Secretary Linda McMahon. "While today's ruling is a significant win for students and families, it is a shame that the highest court in the land had to step in to allow President Trump to advance the reforms Americans elected him to deliver using the authorities granted to him by the U.S. Constitution."

The order is not a final ruling on the merits of the reduction in force, but it does allow the Trump administration to move forward with what McMahon called the Education Department's "final mission": Shutting down and returning education to states, localities, and parents.