Supreme Court Lets Trump Pursue Mass Layoffs
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Trump’s plan to carry out mass layoffs at the Department of Education.
The high court’s decision in McMahon v. State of New York was issued 6-3 along ideological lines.
The decision temporarily pauses a lower court order that had halted nearly 1,400 layoffs and had called into question the legality of President Donald Trump’s plan to outsource the department’s operations to other agencies.
In a statement later Monday evening on Truth Social, Trump celebrated the Supreme Court’s order, which marked the latest in a string of emergency decisions by the high court that have been favorable to Trump as he attempts to reshape the federal government.
“The United States Supreme Court has handed a Major Victory to Parents and Students across the Country, by declaring the Trump Administration may proceed on returning the functions of the Department of Education BACK TO THE STATES,” Trump wrote.
