The Supreme Court is giving a green light to the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the Education Department. In a 6-3 ruling, justices allowed the president to go through with laying off nearly 14-hundred Education Department employees. It delivers on one of his biggest campaign promises. Writing on social media, Donald Trump hailed the news as a […]
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Supreme Court approves Trump plan to gut Education Dept
The Supreme Court is giving a green light to the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the Education Department. In a 6-3 ruling, justices allowed the president to go through with laying off nearly 14-hundred Education Department employees. It delivers on one of his biggest campaign promises. Writing on social media, Donald Trump hailed the news as a “major victory to parents and students.” But in dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor complained that her colleagues on the high court were enabling legally questionable action on the part of the administration.
