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trump's Supreme Court justices allows him to destroy the Education Department (for now) [1]

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Date: 2025-07-14

I am sure you have all heard the news that SCOTUS, while on summer recess, has released yet another shadow docket decision, without a single word of explanation, allowing the trump regime to fire 1,400 employees at the Department of education. The not-so-secret long term objective of the regime is to dismantle the department altogether. www.scotusblog.com/...

The unsigned decision grants the Trump regime’s request to temporarily pause an order by a federal judge in Massachusetts that would require the Department of Education to reinstate nearly 1,400 employees who were fired earlier this year as part of the department’s efforts to reduce the size of its workforce. U.S. District Judge Myong Joun had concluded in May that the Trump administration’s “true intention is to effectively dismantle the Department” even though in his view it lacked the power to do so. www.courthousenews.com/...

The 3 liberal justices dissented. Justice Sonia Sotomayor did not mince her words when she castigated her conservative colleagues for their ugly decision —

www.courthousenews.com/… states that -

While the justices ruling allows Trump to move forward with his plans to dismantle the department, the high court did not decide whether the administration’s actions were lawful.

Steve Vladeck, law professor at Georgetown, points out that SCOTUS has granted relief to Trump in all 15 emergency applications filed by Trump since April 4 and written majority opinions in only 3.

Today's order is the 7th such decision with zero explanation.

x Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated). It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings. It has written majority opinions in only 3. Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.* — Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) 2025-07-14T19:38:43.267Z

It is yet another day that will live in infamy with this regime and a SCOTUS whose 6 conservative justices seem to be strong enablers of trump’s and Project 25’s objectives, so much so that they do not even bother to offer any explanations for their shadow docket decisions against lower court rulings.

This cartoon by Anita Kunz “The Face of Justice, The remaking of the Supreme Court in Donald Trump’s image” from July 15, 2024, seems most appropriate to describe the current SCOTUS justices.

It’s going to be a rough ride, but we need to keep our chins up, keep supporting each other, keep educating the electorate and keep building support for Democrats and Democracy across the country.

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