Washington – The Supreme Court gave President Trump the authority to dismantle the Department of Education and dismiss half of his staff.
In a decision of 6-3, the conservatives of the Court set aside the order of a Judge of Boston and clarified the way for the Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to carry out their plans to close much of their department.
The court issued a brief order without explanation, followed by a 19 -page dissent by Judge Sonia Sotomayor who spoke for the three liberals.
“Only Congress has the power to abolish the department. The executive's task, on the contrary, is” be careful that the laws are faithfully executed, “he wrote.
“However, by the Executive Fiat, the President ordered the Secretary of Education to take all the necessary measures to facilitate the closure of the department” … According to that executive order, the secretary Linda McMahon dethripated the workforce of the department, shooting more than 50 percent of his staff during the night. In his own words, that mass termination served as “the first step in the total path” of the department. “
McMahon described the decision as “a significant victory for students and families … It is a pity that the highest court on Earth has had to intervene to allow President Trump to advance the reforms that Americans chose him to deliver the use of the authorities granted by the Constitution of the United States.”
The Department of Education was created in 1979 under President Carter, and has been a favorite of the Democrats since then. Send funds to school districts throughout the country to support additional aid for students, including those with disabilities, and manages programs for subsidies and loans for students in schools and universities.
Republicans have been anxious for dismantling the Department of Education for decades. They say that educational policy should be left mostly to states and argue that teachers unions have too much influence in Washington.
But they also say that they would not change or block federal funds that will now support schools and higher education students.
Last week, the court confirmed the Trump administration plans for mass layoffs in the more than 20 departments and agencies.
California lawyers and another 10 states led by Democrat had sued to block the planned layoffs of approximately 1,400 employees of the Department of Education, and won before a federal judge in Boston and the first circuit court.
These judges said that Congress could reduce or redirect the financing of the Department of Education, but the president was not free to do so on his own.
But in the order of last week, as well as in most Monday, most of the court was put on Trump's side and his wide vision of the Executive Power.
Trump's general lawyer, Gen. D. John Sauer, said the Administration decided that it can “carry out its legitimately mandate functions with a small personnel” in the Department of Education.
Democracy Forward, a progressive group that demanded in the name of the educators, said it was “incredibly disappointed by the decision of the Supreme Court to allow the Trump-Vance administration to proceed with their harmful efforts to dismantle the Department of Education while our case advances. This illegal plan will immediately and irreparably harm students, educators and communities throughout our nation.”
