The Trump administration's legal team requested the Supreme Court to lift a ruling that prevented the firing of Education Department workers, following an executive order aimed at dismantling the agency. This action instigated a legal dispute regarding the federal role in education, backed by lawsuits from various state attorneys general and teachers' unions. A federal judge's decision, which halted executive actions, affirmed that such significant changes to the department would require Congressional approval. The appeals to the Supreme Court represent ongoing tensions between state interests and federal executive actions.
the government's actions may have amounted to an illegal shutdown of the agency, which by law only Congress has the authority to abolish.
Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the justices to overturn a temporary ruling issued in late May by a federal judge.
President Trump signed an executive order on March 20 that instructed Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin shutting down her agency, a move that requires approval by Congress.
A pair of school districts in Massachusetts, the American Federation of Teachers and 21 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit in March, seeking to block Mr. Trump's executive order.
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