Trump: High Court OKs Ed Sec to Start Shutting Down Agency

President Donald Trump said Monday that Education Secretary Linda McMahon will begin the process of shutting down the federal agency in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling earlier in the day that upheld the reduction in force of nearly 1,400 employees.

The high court paused a preliminary injunction by U.S. District Judge Myong J. Joun, a Joe Biden appointee, in Boston that ordered the employees be reinstated.

“The United States Supreme Court has handed a Major Victory to Parents and Students across the Country, by declaring the Trump Administration may proceed on returning the functions of the Department of Education BACK TO THE STATES,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “Now, with this GREAT Supreme Court Decision, our Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, may begin this very important process.

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