Another federal judge is now blocking President Trump’s agenda, reversing his executive order on dismantling of the Department of Education.
Judge Myon Joun, appointed by Joe Biden, has ordered the Trump administration to rehire hundreds of employees who were fired this year.
Here’s more from The Hill:
A district judge on Thursday blocked President Trump’s executive order calling for the closure of the Department of Education — as well as against the reduction in force that laid off half of the agency’s workers.
The ruling is a blow to Trump’s efforts to eliminate the department and the quick actions taken by Education Secretary Linda McMahon to make that campaign pledge a reality.
The plaintiffs “have 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,” District Judge Myong Joun said.
Joun ordered the department to reinstate the hundreds of employees who were fired after Trump took office.
Madi Biedermann, deputy assistant secretary for communications for the Education Department, said the federal agency “will immediately challenge this on an emergency basis.”
“Once again, a far-left Judge has dramatically overstepped his authority, based on a complaint from biased plaintiffs, and issued an injunction against the obviously lawful efforts to make the Department of Education more efficient and functional for the American people,” Biedermann said.
“President Trump and the Senate-confirmed Secretary of Education clearly have the authority to make decisions about agency reorganization efforts, not an unelected Judge with a political axe to grind. This ruling is not in the best interest of American students or families,” she added.
The ruling also stifles Trump’s directive to move student loans and programs for students with disabilities outside the Department of Education.
McMahon has insisted the dismantling of the Education Department will follow the law.
The Trump administration is expected to file an appeal to the ruling as McMahon has insisted the dismantling of the Education Department will follow the law.
If President Trump can shut down USAID, which was created by congressional statute, then he can move critical components out of the Department of Education and shut it down too.