⚖️Supreme Court empowers Trump to lay off 1,400 Education Dept staff
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On July 14, 2025, a 6–3 Supreme Court majority lifted a district court injunction blocking Trump’s executive reorganization, allowing mass layoffs of nearly 1,400 Department of Education employees and the transfer of key functions to other agencies. Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent warned that the ruling grants the President unconstitutional power to ‘repeal statutes by firing all those necessary to carry them out.’
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Why This Matters
Separation of powers threatened:
Court bypasses Congress on agency reorganization.
Education services at risk:
Layoffs imperil civil‐rights enforcement, student‐loan management.
Unchecked executive authority:
Internal reorg classified as efficiency, sidestepping statutory limits.
Students and schools hurt:
Reduced oversight and support for disadvantaged and special‐needs programs.
Civic recourse:
Citizens must demand Congressional checks on executive overreach.
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Categorize each 'Why This Matters' point according to its main theme.
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The layoffs imperiled ____ and ____.
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What was the Supreme Court's majority vote in the decision lifting the injunction?
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Besides allowing mass layoffs, what else did the Supreme Court's decision permit?
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Which constitutional principle is identified as being threatened by this ruling?
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