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Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump to Fire 1,400 Education Department Employees

Following President Trump’s executive order to minimize the department’s functions, the decision highlights the court’s willingness to override lower-court checks on agency downsizing.

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Proteste gegen die Massenentlassungen vor dem Gebäude des US-Bildungsministeriums in Washington am 04.04.2025.
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Um Kosten zu senken, strebt Donald Trump Massenentlassungen in verschiedenen Ministerien an

Overview

  • The Supreme Court’s conservative majority stayed U.S. District Judge Myong Joun’s injunction, clearing the way for roughly 1,400 Education Department employees to be fired without an explanation.
  • Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Elena Kagan dissented, warning that the ruling undermines the judiciary’s duty to check executive lawlessness.
  • President Trump’s March executive order directed Education Secretary Linda McMahon to slash the department’s functions as a first step toward its elimination and greater state control over education.
  • Secretary McMahon called the court’s intervention “a shame” and said the decision reaffirms the president’s ultimate authority over federal agency operations.
  • School districts, unions and more than 20 states continue to pursue lawsuits arguing the mass layoffs equate to an illegal shutdown that threatens federal student loan, grant and civil rights programs.