WASHINGTON – On Friday, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to dissolve the education department for the teacher training, which they thought that the authorities had violated their new policies against diversity, equality and involving efforts.
5-4 The decision prevents the decision of a Massachusetts-based judge, saying that the administration cannot follow the right legal process in termination of grants. Approximately 65 million dollars have not been paid for grant payments.
The decision is the first win of President Donald Trump in the second period in the second period.
Five of the court of the court were in the majority, while the chief Justice John Roberts joined three liberals in the opposition.
. unstable decision He said that the judge of the Regional Court did not have the authority to order the funds to be paid in accordance with a federal law called the administrative procedure law.
Management “advocates” compulsory way “that organizations receiving funds will not be irreparable as a result of the storage of funds.
According to an opposition view, liberal justice Elena Kagan, saying that the grant buyers will have to cancel some of the programs, saying that they objected to this conclusion.
“The government does not advocate the legality of canceling these educational grants here.”
“It is surprising that the majority of justice considering the urgent application of the government,” Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said. He said.
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The said 104 grants, teacher quality partnership and another were given under two different programs supporting the development of effective educators.
In February, the Ministry of Education found that grants eliminated the diversity, equality and inclusion of Trump’s diversity, equality, or DEI, traditionally eliminated programs to ensure that people from marginal groups have equal opportunities to advance their careers.
Administrative authorities, financed programs, “DEI attempts, or race, color, religion, gender, national origin or other protected feature on the basis of illegal discrimination,” he said.
In the court newspapers, General Sarah Harris, a deputy, said that most of the programs contain “objectionable DEI material”.
In March, the decision to cancel the awards by eight states, including California, Massachusetts and New York – on behalf of assets such as universities and non -profit organizations – on behalf of assets – violated a federal law called the administrative procedure law.
US Regional Judge Myong Joun issued a temporary limitation order that prevents the movement of the administration, saying that the authorities could not properly explain the reasoning.
The Boston -based 1st US Circuit Court of Appeal refused to block Joun’s decision and announced that the training department announced the same resource letter to all grant awards. The Court of Appeal said that the letters did not contain special information about why any program is thought to violate anti-dei policy.
The case contains only grants given to the states that have sued. Total Ministry of Education 600 million dollars In grants for teacher education.
Trump signed an executive order trying to dismantle the training department last month. However, the completely elimination of the section will require the approval of the congress.
In the previous two emergency applications by the Trump administration, the Supreme Court did not submit requests.
First, the Court rejected the proposal to avoid paying the contractor immediately for the US International Development Agency, whose management was financed.
On the other hand, the Court decided whether Trump could fire a federal government observer, but as a result of a lower court decision, the administration finally ruled.
