Trump set to move quickly against Education Department
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A Biden-appointed Massachusetts judge ruled in May that the Trump administration must re-hire fired Education Department employees while a lawsuit against Trump’s executive order is pending. An appeals court sided with the judge and upheld his ruling, prompting the federal government to file an emergency application with the Supreme Court.
Education organizations told Sen. Elizabeth Warren that Trump's plans to dismantle the Department of Education will harm student-loan borrowers.
When the Supreme Court overturns rulings without offering any explanation, it is simply wielding raw power. And raw power without reason is the very essence of arbitrariness. Arbitrariness, in
"The President must take care that the laws are faithfully executed, not set out to dismantle them," Sotomayor wrote.
The Supreme Court decision this week giving President Donald Trump the go-ahead to largely dismantle the Department of Education is just one development this summer in what has been a broad federal retreat from education.