⚖️Roberts Court enables Education layoffs in 6-3 split along ideological lines
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On July 14, 2025, the Supreme Court lifted a lower-court injunction in a 6–3 ruling, allowing the Trump administration to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees and shift critical functions—like civil-rights enforcement and student loans—to other agencies without Congress’s approval.
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Why This Matters
⚖️ Separation of powers:
SCOTUS lets the executive bypass Congress to cut a Cabinet agency workforce
🎓 Education risk:
Over a third of ED staff, including Title I coordinators and special education specialists, could face elimination without legislative approval
📚 Your children education services threatened:
Cutting Education Department staff reduces oversight of federal education programs that support students with disabilities and low-income schools
💰 Federal education funding becomes unreliable:
Fewer department employees means delayed grant processing and reduced monitoring of how schools spend federal money
🏛️ Executive power expansion:
Supreme Court ruling allows presidents to dramatically reshape federal agencies through workforce reductions without congressional consent
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What was the main effect of the Supreme Court’s July 14, 2025 emergency order regarding the Education Department layoffs?
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Approximately what percentage of the Education Department’s workforce was targeted for layoff under the RIF plan?
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Which office within the Education Department manages over $120 billion annually and was affected by the layoffs?
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