BREAKING: Supreme Court Hands President Trump Another HUGE 6-3 Win — OK To Dismantle the Dept. of Education!

President Trump and his Administration (and America) were just handed another massive win from the Supreme Court in another 6-3 decision.

A District Court judge (sound familiar) tried to stop the Trump Administration from firing 1,400 Dept. of Education employees.

The Supremes took the case and told District Court Judge Myong Joun he was wrong and handed Trump the win and a clear path to now completely shutter the Department of Education!

🚨 JUST NOW: Another activist defeat. 6-3, the Supreme Court has nixed a district court's order preventing President Trump from FIRING 1,400 Department of Education employees.

Dissenting: Jackson, Sotomayor and Kagan.

Sotomayor is FUMING, saying that the conservative justices… pic.twitter.com/MG2T5bcpIk

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 14, 2025

Here’s a quick summary of the big win and how we got here:

• The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6–3 decision, lifted a lower court order blocking the Trump administration from proceeding with layoffs at the Department of Education, allowing nearly 1,400 employees to be dismissed.

• These layoffs are part of President Trump’s broader effort to downsize federal agencies and increase efficiency, supported by Education Secretary Linda McMahon, who framed the move as a win for accountability and streamlined governance.

• The goal is to reduce bureaucracy and shift control of education programs—including student loans and civil rights enforcement—back to states and local communities, as outlined in Trump’s March executive order.
• Alongside these layoffs, Trump has proposed moving student loan management to the Small Business Administration and transferring other functions to different departments.

• The Supreme Court’s ruling is part of a wider pattern, earlier permitting mass federal layoffs across several agencies under Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency” initiative.

President Trump took a victory lap on TruthSocial:

Fox News reports that Sonia Sotomayor is furious:

The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Education Department to fire hundreds of employees on Monday, a move that advances President Donald Trump’s plans to dismantle the department.

The high court’s decision in McMahon v. State of New York was issued 6-3 along ideological lines.

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The decision temporarily pauses an order by a lower court judge that had reinstated roughly 1,400 laid-off employees at the Education Department.

In March, Education Secretary Linda McMahon laid off half of the department’s workforce as part of the Trump administration’s broader reduction in force efforts. Later that month, Trump announced in an executive order that he planned to shutter the department altogether.

The Supreme Court’s order arose from two lawsuits, including one brought by 20 Democratic-led states that challenged the Education Department’s layoffs and planned closure.

The plaintiffs argued to the high court that the Trump administration’s actions have rendered the Education Department incapable of carrying out legally mandated work, such as reviewing certifications of higher education institutions for federal aid purposes.

Judge Myong Joun agreed in May, finding that the “record abundantly reveals” that the administration’s “true intention is to effectively dismantle the Department without an authorizing statute.”

The Trump administration responded that the layoffs did not prove the department was being shuttered and that the department is still carrying out its legally required functions. Trump would need Congress’s approval to fully shut down the department’s work.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, one of the three dissenting justices, said the majority’s emergency decision was “indefensible.”

“When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it,” Sotomayor wrote.

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BREAKING: Supreme Court votes 6-3 to allow President Trump to move forward with purge of the Department of Education. pic.twitter.com/Ez5dvegD2A

— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) July 14, 2025

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