The Supreme Court has upheld President Donald Trump’s plan to cut some 1,350 jobs from the U.S. Dept. of Education–a “mass layoff” (https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/07/education-dept-can-proceed-mass-layoffs-after-supreme-court-ruling/406714/).
There seems a fair amount of courtroom wrangling yet to do; but for the time being, the Dept. of Education is under a sword of Damocles. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon says the ultimate purpose here is to dismantle the Dept. of Education.
Now why would anybody want to do that?
Are you kidding? Do you want me to count the ways?
The DOE is a bloated bureaucracy that serves the teachers’ unions and wastes the public’s money. For most of our history we didn’t have one. We could probably go back to not having a DOE and no one would notice.
Democrats argue that it’s unlawful to wipe out a government agency, established by legislation, by chopping its budget. So far it’s 6-3 for our side on the Supreme Court.
Another win for Trump’s agenda. Pray for our nation.