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    SCOTUS Vindicates Trump by Smacking Down Rogue Federal Judge

    By J.C. SosinJuly 16, 2025
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    The Supreme Court of the United States has vindicated President Trump once again by allowing his administration to fire hundreds of workers from the Education Department, a decision motivated by the push to cut out waste, fraud, and abuse within the federal government that was fiercely resisted by a rogue federal judge.

    For background, in a 6-3 decision made on July 14, 2025, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump Administration can lay off hundreds of Education Department workers, overruling an injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Myong Joun, who argued that the layoffs would “likely cripple the department,” according to press accounts.

    Celebrating the decision, Education Secretary Linda McMahon said that the Supreme Court had “again confirmed the obvious” in a statement, adding, “The President of the United States, as the head of the Executive Branch, has the ultimate authority to make decisions about staffing levels, administrative organization, and day-to-day operations of federal agencies.”

    Importantly, the Supreme Court’s July 14 decision overruled an injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Myong Joun of Massachusetts, who wrote that the layoffs would “cripple” the Department of Education. In a dissenting statement that echoed Judge Joun’s view, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that the Executive branch had publicly announced “its intent to break the law,” adding, “It is the Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.”

    Continuing, Justice Sotomayor said that the conservative majority “is either willfully blind to the implications of its ruling or naïve,” adding, ” But either way the threat to our Constitution’s separation of powers is great.” In contrast, Solicitor General John Sauer reportedly told the Supreme Court that the department “determined that it can carry out its statutorily mandated functions with a pared-down staff and that many discretionary functions are better left to the States.”



    Moreover, the Associated Press reported that Education Department employees who were previously slated to be laid off by the department are currently on leave due to Judge Joun’s injunction, with the department stating in June that it was “actively assessing how to reintegrate” employees who were previously set to be fired.

    Predictably, the leftist organization Democracy Forward, which had participated in a lawsuit over the proposed funding cuts, protested the decision, with their president saying, “Without explaining to the American people its reasoning, a majority of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court have dealt a devastating blow to this nation’s promise of public education for all children. On its shadow docket, the Court has yet again ruled to overturn the decision of two lower courts without argument.”

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    In addition, the president of the National Parents Union, Keri Rodrigues, also criticized the decision, saying, “The Supreme Court chose politics over the Constitution and, in doing so, put millions of American students at risk.” She added, “This ruling gives the green light to an outrageous and unlawful power grab by President Trump, who is attempting to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education without any action from Congress.”

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