In a decisive victory for constitutional governance, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday to allow the Trump administration to proceed with its plan to reduce the bloated bureaucracy of the U.S. Department of Education. The Court’s majority wisely paused a lower court’s injunction—issued by a Biden-appointed judge—that sought to force the reinstatement of nearly 1,400 federal employees. This ruling reaffirms the fundamental principle that the President, as the head of the Executive Branch, has the authority to manage federal agencies efficiently, a concept that the left-wing judiciary and their media allies seem determined to undermine.
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon celebrated the decision, stating, “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.” She added, “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.”
Of course, the liberal justices—Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson—dissented, with Sotomayor penning a hyperbolic rant claiming the majority was enabling “lawlessness.” She wrote, “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 went even further, declaring the decision “indefensible” and accusing the majority of being “willfully blind” to the supposed threat to the separation of powers.
BREAKING: Supreme Court allows Trump admin to move forward with major cuts to the Education Department. pic.twitter.com/nEaoukBhAA
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But Sotomayor’s dissent is nothing more than judicial activism disguised as constitutional concern. The reality is that President Trump is fulfilling his promise to cut wasteful spending and reduce the size of an overreaching federal government—precisely what voters elected him to do. The liberal media, however, has predictably framed this as an “attack on education” rather than what it truly is: a necessary downsizing of an inefficient bureaucracy.
The left’s hysterical reaction reveals their true agenda—preserving the administrative state at all costs, even if it means ignoring the clear constitutional authority of the presidency. The Supreme Court’s decision is a win for accountability, fiscal responsibility, and the rule of law.