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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to leave mass layoffs at Education Department in place
- A judge in Boston issued a preliminary injunction last month that reversed the layoffs of nearly 1,400 Education Department workers and temporarily stopped the larger plan to dismantle the agency.
- The injunction arose after lawsuits by Massachusetts school districts, teachers' unions, and 21 Democratic attorneys general claimed mass layoffs illegally impaired the department’s statutorily assigned duties.
- The administration argues layoffs implement policy to streamline the department by eliminating discretionary functions better left to states and accuses Judge Joun of substituting his policy preferences for the administration's.
- The injunction is based on the flawed premise that every employee affected by the terminations is essential, according to an argument made by the U.S. Solicitor General, D. John Sauer. Additionally, the Supreme Court previously blocked a related order in a close 5-4 decision in April.
- The administration’s emergency Supreme Court appeal seeks to reverse the injunction to proceed with layoffs, but a federal appeals court recently declined to block the order, and a district hearing is scheduled for June 9.
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