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Supreme Court Green-Lights Trump Plan To Gut Education Department Supreme Court Green-Lights Trump Plan To Gut Education Department
Supreme Court Green-Lights Trump Plan To Gut Education Department The Supreme Court has just swept aside a lower-court injunction and handed President Donald Trump permission to restart mass layoffs at the US Department of Education, reviving his promise to dismantle the agency created nearly half a century ago. In an unsigned, 6-3 order divided along ideological lines that was released late Monday afternoon, July 14, the justices lifted a spring ruling by US District Judge Myong Joun of Massachusetts that had forced the administration to rehire hundreds of Education Department employees terminated during a March reduction-in-force.  Earlier report…

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Supreme Court Sides With Trump On Nationwide Executive Order Limits Supreme Court Sides With Trump On Nationwide Executive Order Limits
Supreme Court Sides With Trump On Nationwide Executive Order Limits The Supreme Court has reined in the power of federal judges to block presidential actions across the country in a decision with major implications for executive authority. The 119-page decision was issued Friday morning, June 27, in a 6–3 vote along ideological lines. In a ruling tied to a challenge involving President Donald Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship for undocumented immigrants, the court’s conservative majority agreed to narrow the use of so-called “universal injunctions.”  These broad orders have allowed lower court judges to halt nationwide policies, even when …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Trump Can Ban Transgender People From Military, Supreme Court Rules Trump Can Ban Transgender People From Military, Supreme Court Rules
Trump Can Ban Transgender People From Military, Supreme Court Rules The Supreme Court has ruled that President Donald Trump may continue with his initiative to prohibit transgender individuals from serving in the military as cases objecting to the policy proceed. The order, announced Tuesday afternoon, May 6, includes the potential removal of currently serving transgender personnel.  However, it's not the final word on the matter as litigation continues, but during that time, the order will be in effect. Three of the nine justices dissented with the majority ruling: Obama appointees Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor and Biden appointee Ketanji…

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by Joe Lombardi