{"id":9651,"date":"2025-05-22T11:28:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T15:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=9651"},"modified":"2025-05-22T11:45:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T15:45:53","slug":"judge-blocks-trump-order-to-shutter-dept-of-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/government\/judge-blocks-trump-order-to-shutter-dept-of-education\/njackson\/2025\/05\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Blocks Trump Order To Shutter Dept. Of Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Just in…<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A district judge on Thursday blocked President Trump\u2019s executive order calling for the closure of the Department of Education \u2014 as well as against the reduction in force that laid off half of the agency\u2019s workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. District Judge Myong Joun’s order blocks the Trump administration from carrying out the mass-firing at the DOE announced in March and orders that any employees who were already fired be reinstated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ruling is a blow to Trump\u2019s efforts to eliminate the department and the quick actions taken by Education Secretary Linda McMahon <\/a>to make that campaign pledge a reality.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The plaintiffs \u201chave provided an in-depth look into how the massive reduction in staff has made it effectively impossible for the Department to carry out its statutorily mandated functions,\u201d District Judge Myong Joun said.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Defendants do acknowledge, as they must, that the Department cannot be shut down without Congress\u2019s approval, yet they simultaneously claim that their legislative goals (obtaining Congressional approval to shut down the Department) are distinct from their administrative goals (improving efficiency). There is nothing in the record to support these contradictory positions,” his ruling continues.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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