Supreme Court Keeps Ruling in Trump’s Favor
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"[E]ither way the threat to our Constitution’s separation of powers is grave," she wrote in a blistering dissent.
The U.S. Supreme Court gave the Trump administration free rein to gut the Department of Education on Monday — voting 6-3 to lift a federal judge's order blocking the dismantling — in what Justice Sonia Sotomayor blasted in a scathing dissent as an "abuse of our equitable authority" that she "cannot condone.
The Supreme Court on Monday granted the Trump administration’s request to temporarily pause an order by a federal judge in Massachusetts that would require the Department of Education to reinstate […]
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The New Republic on MSNSotomayor Warns SCOTUS Is “Willfully Blind” to Trump LawlessnessIn a blistering dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor slammed the Supreme Court for allowing Trump to destroy the Department of Education.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday gave President Trump the authority to dismantle the Education Department and to fire about half of its staff. In a 6-3 decision, the court’s conservatives set aside a Boston judge’s order and cleared the way for Education Secretary Linda McMahon to carry out her plans to shut down much of her department.
The lawsuit filed with the Supreme Court marks the latest chapter in a decades-old dispute between Nebraska and Colorado.
The Supreme Court’s concessions to President Trump have reignited complaints about the secrecy of shadow docket rulings.
In a divided ruling, the court hands the executive branch power to dismantle a federal agency, over fierce liberal dissent warning of harm to students and the Constitution alike.