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Trump asks Supreme Court to let him dismantle Education Department
Reuters ^ | June 6, 2025 3:24 PM UTC | John Kruzel

Posted on 06/06/2025 11:47:49 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Summary

The Justice Department said the lower court lacked jurisdiction to "second-guess the Executive’s internal management decisions," referring to the federal government's executive branch.

"The government has been crystal clear in acknowledging that only Congress can eliminate the Department of Education. And the government has acknowledged the need to retain sufficient staff to continue fulfilling statutorily mandated functions and has kept the personnel that, in its judgment, are necessary for those tasks. The challenged (reduction in force) is fully consistent with that approach," the filing said.

The department, created by a U.S. law passed by Congress in 1979, oversees about 100,000 public and 34,000 private schools in the United States, though more than 85% of public school funding comes from state and local governments.

It provides federal grants for needy schools and programs, including money to pay teachers of children with special needs, fund arts programs and replace outdated infrastructure. It also oversees the $1.6 trillion in student loans held by tens of millions of Americans who cannot afford to pay for college outright.

Trump's move to dismantle the department is part of the Republican president's campaign to downsize and reshape the federal government. Closing the department long has been a goal of many U.S. conservatives.

WASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to permit it to proceed with dismantling the Department of Education, a move that would leave school policy in the United States almost entirely in the hands of states and local boards.
The Justice Department asked the court to halt Boston-based U.S. District Judge Myong Joun's May 22 ruling that ordered the administration reinstate employees terminated in a mass layoff and end further actions...

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: captainnutball; captainpaintball; captainpaintedballs; dontneedcongress; education; enemyjournalist; fakeheadline; johnkruzel; myongjoun; notasking; onlycongresscan; reuters; reuterssedition; scotus

1 posted on 06/06/2025 11:47:49 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

We know it can’t be done without shifting ED departments to other departments.


2 posted on 06/06/2025 11:49:53 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
No more Federal School Loans...never again.

Sell what we have to Banks??

3 posted on 06/06/2025 11:52:20 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So this is how the Executive Branch of the federal government is operating now? ... requesting permission from the Judicial Branch before conducting the business of the Executive Branch? A Republic-threatening precedent indeed ....


4 posted on 06/06/2025 11:56:37 AM PDT by glennaro (2025: The year of America's rebirth as a Great (and Free) Republic)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
But Miss Amy "muh pro-life" Coney "foh dee chilluns" Barrett be sayin'
"but but but dee li'l chilluns be needin' sum schoolin' from dee gubmint".

5 posted on 06/06/2025 12:01:39 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

How many battalions does the Supreme Court have?


6 posted on 06/06/2025 12:03:10 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"It also oversees the $1.6 trillion in student loans held by tens of millions of Americans who cannot afford to pay for college outright."

That lie makes my blood boil. How many people paid their own way through college? My dad washed dishes for four years in a sorority (tough work, right?). I did architectural drafting during school and during summers. How many people extended their education to five or six years to keep annual expenses down and affordable.

The damn Reuters thinks the only way for people to go to school is to get a federal loan.

And what about the millions of them who had no problem defaulting on their loans? They are deadbeats, but Reuters pretends they are all current on their loans.

7 posted on 06/06/2025 12:04:45 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Build new headquarters in many large parks with tents, etc.


8 posted on 06/06/2025 12:05:10 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: Sacajaweau

I think I recall a congressional exchange from a few years ago — Some big Banker was testifying in front of the Senate and a Democrat went ballistic about the predatory college loans that banks were giving out. The Banker was stunned, but the Democrat Senator really let him have it.

Eventually, the Banker was able to explain that Congress had blocked bank loans for college some years ago. All college loans came from the federal government. If the loans were predatory, it was the government’s fault — the banking industry had nothing to do with it.

The Democrat moved on to a new topic.


9 posted on 06/06/2025 12:05:43 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So did the federal judges and the Supreme Court rule to establish the department? “The department was created by a U.S. law passed by Congress in 1979.”

As, did the federal judges and the Supreme Court vet and take the individual cases of each illegal border crosser coming into the US for the past decade? Including barring them all under existing border laws?

NOW they suddenly get out of breath from their avid interest in the “due process” and “rights” of the scumbags.


10 posted on 06/06/2025 12:06:31 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"Oh, pwwweeeease wet me dismantle the department of education, Mistew Wobberts pretty pweeeease?? "--Donald "failure" Trump and his team of losers.

CRUSH THESE PEOPLE! NOW!!!

11 posted on 06/06/2025 12:07:31 PM PDT by Captainpaintball (America needs a Conservative DICTATOR if it hopes to survive. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Asks?


12 posted on 06/06/2025 1:15:25 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: glennaro; All
Thank you for posting glennaro.

"So this is how the Executive Branch of the federal government is operating now? ... requesting permission from the Judicial Branch before conducting the business of the Executive Branch? A Republic-threatening precedent indeed ...."


Trump is being diplomatic with the Supreme Court on this issue because he will undoubtedly be working with the Court on this and other issues for the rest of his term.

But there is only one constitutional outcome on this DE issue imo.

More specifically, and militia training aside, not only does the word education not appear in the Constitution, but President Thomas Jefferson, in a State of the Union address, also Justice Joseph Story, had both indicated that the states would need to appropriately amend the Constitution in order for Congress to be able to dictate, regulate, frustrate, tax and spend in the name of INTRAstate education — something that the states have never done!

While PDJT47 is at least being diplomatic with the Supreme Court, if any federal agency cannot be reasonably constitutionally justified then it needs to be closed imo.

13 posted on 06/06/2025 1:17:23 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

WAIT UNTIL A JUDGE SOMEWHERE FINDS OUT THAT TRUMP IS CLOSING DOWN A BUGGY WHIP COMPANY & A BUSTLE ENTERPRISE


14 posted on 06/06/2025 1:49:33 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Ay, por favor-esta mierda otra vez? “tens of millions of Americans who cannot afford to pay for college outright.” That is definitely bulls***, and those loans are an excuse for colleges to raise tuition...

Coming from a rural, working-class family, I paid for my own college education-as a single mom of 18 with a baby, living on my own. I worked as a cocktail waitress at a couple of the really nice clubs in the tourist district in the city where the tips were great, took a semester off to work double shifts a few times when money was short, etc-so it did take almost 6 years. But I did it, and I have no regrets at all-I learned to be a responsible adult, and that is the best thing that happened. I also met my 1st husband while in college-we were together for over 20 years...

Those who use someone else’s money for college instead of working to pay are missing the part of a real education that makes you an adult who is responsible for themselves-taxpayers should not have to pay for their whining, excuses, or their non-payment of fed loans-if you won’t pay for your education with money you get/make without the fed, then you just don’t into college-get rid of the whole fed program...


15 posted on 06/06/2025 2:23:48 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"... )
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To: Texan5

Good for you! The old American can-do attitude. You are absolutely right that doesn’t exist when you borrow the money and then welch on paying it back.

My dad also worked summers in a hard-rock copper mine in the Cascade Mountains. He was suspended in a basket running an air drill for holes for dynamite. Talk about a hot, noisy and dangerous job!

Also, when you use borrowed money, many don’t take their education seriously and get useless degrees that will never result in a decent career.


16 posted on 06/06/2025 3:27:54 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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