Supreme Court rejects attack on Trump agenda

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An ideologically divided U.S. Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for President Donald Trump to lay off hundreds of workers at the U.S. Department of Education, where he and Secretary Linda McMahon are committed to rapidly downsizing the federal agency.

The 6-3 decision saw the state’s conservative majority line up against the three liberal justices.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, writing the dissent, said the decision effectively validates Trump’s claim that he can circumvent Congress “by firing all those necessary to carry them out.”

“The majority is either willfully blind to the implications of its ruling or naïve,” Sotomayor wrote, “but either way the threat to our Constitution’s separation of powers is great.”

“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,” she added.

The brief, unsigned order by the majority was not accompanied by an explanation, as is typical during emergency hearings.

One week earlier, the high court granted Trump its approval of his decision to fire thousands of federal workers. Monday’s ruling is an extension of that authority, and the administration has vowed to move swiftly to clean house at DOE, where it claims liberal state workers have clung to the public payroll for years.

During his campaign, President Trump vowed to eliminate the DOE, a promise fulfilled in March through an executive order instructing McMahon to “facilitate the closure of the Department of Education.” Workers at the time were placed on paid leave, which was set to stop on June 9 before the plaintiffs filed suit.
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Who knew that the Presdient has the authority to hire and fire employees consistent with his agenda?  It is not breaking the law for the executive to act in an executive capacity.