The Supreme Court permitted the Trump administration to dismantle the Education Department, utilizing the shadow docket to prevent temporary halts. The ruling contrasts a previous decision that blocked Biden's student loan forgiveness plan, raising concerns about equity and balance of powers. Legal experts noted that the administration was unlikely to prevail in court due to the significant issues surrounding layoffs. The judicial decision has resulted in fears of irreparable harm, with comparisons drawn to absurd scenarios about the fate of the department.
When the dust settles, the administration should lose, but by then all that will be left of the Department of Education will be three raccoons in a trenchcoat calling in student loans.
There's no way the equities, when balanced, favor the Administration. Even if these justices are inclined to upend the separation of powers on the merits, that's only one factor.
Avoiding the irreparable harm of firing thousands of people while the case leisurely winds its way through the court system would more than outweigh.
The decision makes no sense in any world where Congress has a seat at the checks and balances table and even less when you remember this same Court ruled the exact opposite way when Biden tried to forgive a few student loans.
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