The Supreme Court's ruling allows President Trump's plan to dismantle the Department of Education and terminate over 1,300 employees to move forward. The initial plan faced an indefinite block from a federal judge, but the Court's decision temporarily lifts this restriction as legal processes continue. Despite the majority's view of the ruling as a significant win for reforms, dissenting Justice Sonia Sotomayor warns it undermines the Constitution's separation of powers and criticizes the implications of government lawlessness.
"Today, the Supreme Court again confirmed the obvious: 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."
"While today's ruling is a significant win for students and families, it is a shame that the highest court in the land had to step in to allow President Trump to advance the reforms Americans elected him to deliver using the authorities granted to him by the U.S. Constitution."
"The majority is either willfully blind to the implications of its ruling or naive, but either way the threat to our Constitution's separation of powers is grave."
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