Supreme Court Allows Mass Layoffs at Education Department
Jessica Blake
July 14, 2025
The decision paves the way for President Trump to continue dismantling the agency, including moving career and technical education to the Labor Department.
The Supreme Court gave Education Secretary Linda McMahon the go-ahead Monday to proceed in firing half the department’s staff and transferring certain responsibilities to other agencies.
The unsigned, one-paragraph order does not explain why a majority of justices decided to overturn a lower court injunction that an appeals court upheld. It did, however, explain that the injunction will remain blocked as lawsuits challenging mass layoffs at the department continue. The high court order represents a major step forward in President Donald Trump’s effort to dismantle the 45-year-old agency.
