Well, it looks like Trump can continue his purge of the Department of Education.
The vote was 6-3 per usual.
This goes all the way back to March, when Trump signed an executive order to close the Department of Education and let the states run the show when it comes to educating their citizens.
The plan was to fire more than 1,300 employees, who would stop receiving salaries on June 9.
That was the plan until,
U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Massachusetts said the White House's decision to fire more than 1,300 workers has prevented the federal government from effectively implementing legally required programs and services. Such changes can't be made without the approval of Congress, which created the department in 1979, Joun ruled in May.
The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals backed that decision. The court said the administration provided no evidence to counter Joun's 'record-based findings about the disabling impact' of the mass firings and the transfer of some functions to other agencies.
The Justice Department would argue that the Constitution gives the president the right to fire employees.
And the Supreme Court today seems to agree.
Another win for The Donald!
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