Posted on 03/21/2025 9:27:41 AM PDT by hardspunned
STATE OF CALIFORNIA; COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS; STATE OF NEW JERSEY; STATE OF COLORADO; STATE OF ILLINOIS; STATE OF MARYLAND;STATE OF NEW YORK; STATE OF WISCONSIN, Plaintiffs, Appellees,
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; LINDA MCMAHON, in her official capacity as Secretary of Education; DENISE CARTER, in her official capacity as Acting Chief Operating Officer for Student Aid, Defendants, Appellants.
Before Gelpi, Kayatta, Montecalvo, Circuit Judges. ORDER OF COURT Entered: March 21, 2025 Consistent with the opinion issued this day, the motion for a stay pending appeal is denied. An expedited briefing schedule on the appeal will be set by the clerk forthwith. 12:13 PM • 3/21/25 • 3.3K Views
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“I had no idea it had already been challenged.”
Everything has been challenged. As of last week there were 121 lawsuits.
So what is the Judgement that is being appealed? What is the status at this point?. It was not clear at least not to me.
“Consistent with the opinion issued this day”
I guess I need to find that opinion.
Indeed, the devil is in the details. What are these leftist states claiming, exactly?
If it follows other lawsuits against DOGE, it will likely come down to “did Congress directly establish and authorize the Dept of Education, or specifically XYZ programs within it. If so, Trump needs to keep them.”
US Dept of Ed, under Trump was defendant,
states were plaintiffs,
states appealed for for a stay to block Trump/DOGE.
Denied.
If I have this right,
its full speed ahead!
But do I have it right?
ORDER entered by Gustavo A. Gelpí, Appellate Judge; William J. Kayatta, Jr., Appellate Judge and Lara E. Montecalvo, Appellate Judge:
This matter is before the court on defendants-appellants’ “Emergency Motion for Stay Pending Appeal and Immediate Administrative Stay.” The requests for immediate relief and relief by tomorrow are DENIED.
The court intends to rule on the broader request for stay relief as soon as practicable once the motion has been briefed. Plaintiffs-appellees should respond to the stay motion by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 13, 2025. Any reply should be filed by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 14, 2025. The court then will address the stay request as soon as practicable.
When responding to the motion, plaintiffs-appellees should address fully defendants-appellants’ contentions that “if recipients in the plaintiff States are given access to the funds, nothing prevents them from drawing down the funds,” that “there is a significant risk of grantees attempting to withdraw tens of millions of dollars on canceled grants,” and that there would be “limited ability to recover those disbursed funds.”
Stay Mot. at 18 (internal quotation marks omitted). 25-1244 (AL)
The Swamp defending the Swamp.
The solution is to lower the standards, naturally. That’s the DemocRat way.
We must continue spending money we don’t have to pay for things that are not working.
Congress created the DOE, but it did not signify the number of employees. Reduce that number to one.
Why is it that blue states always have standing before courts when red states don’t? Funny how that works.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA; COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS; STATE OF NEW JERSEY; STATE OF COLORADO; STATE OF ILLINOIS; STATE OF MARYLAND; STATE OF NEW YORK; STATE OF WISCONSIN
Communist Birds of a Feather.
Also, Congress appropriates vast amounts of money but doesn’t check to see how its being spent. A broken system.
BOSTON, March 6 (Reuters) - Eight Democratic-led states on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging cuts U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration made to grant funding for teacher preparation programs, a move they said was in keeping with Republican’s efforts to eradicate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives from society.
The lawsuit was filed in Boston federal court and took aim at the U.S. Department of Education’s decision to terminate grants awarded through two federal programs designed to support training teachers and creating a pipeline to fill positions in hard-to-staff schools in rural and urban areas.
Context of the Lawsuit
The lawsuit in question stems from actions taken by the Trump administration regarding the U.S. Department of Education.
On March 12, 2025, the department announced it would lay off approximately half of its staff, reducing the workforce from 4,133 to 2,183 employees, with layoffs effective March 2025. This move is part of President Donald Trump’s broader campaign promise to dismantle the Department of Education, which he has labeled a “big con job.” However, dismantling the department requires congressional approval, and without it, the administration’s actions are seen as an attempt to incapacitate the agency unilaterally.
On March 13, 2025, 21 Democratic attorneys general, along with the District of Columbia, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Massachusetts to block these layoffs. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, argues that the mass firings are equivalent to incapacitating key, statutorily mandated functions of the department causing immense damage to the educational system.
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