SCOTUS Allows Trump To Continue Layoffs In Department Of Education

The high court's ruling is not final and the dispute could return to the justices.

The Supreme Court voted to allow President Trump to resume efforts to dismantle the Department of Education.

Since entering office, the administration has sought to lay off half of the Education Department’s workforce and move some of the agency’s core functions, such as managing student loans, to other federal departments.

The 6-3 vote to allow the administration to resume, lifts an order that a judge previously passed that would reinstate hundreds of employees terminated in mass layoffs.

The majority did not back the ruling with specific reasoning, as is normal in emergency decisions. However, the court’s three Democratic-appointed justices that opposed said their colleagues’ approval votes were not justifiable by argument.

Following the ruling, Education Secretary Linda McMahon vowed to carry out the layoffs once again. The high court’s ruling is not final and the dispute could return to the justices.