By John Crussel
Washington (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s administration has asked the US Supreme Court on Friday to allow him to continue dismantling the Ministry of Education, a move that will leave school policy in the United States almost entirely in the hands of the United States and local councils.
The Ministry of Justice asked the court to suspend Boston -based regional judge Mingu Yun on May 22 that it ordered the administration to reinstate the employees terminated in the mass dismissal and to terminate additional action to close the department.
The Ministry of Justice stated that the lower court has no jurisdiction to “be the second decisions for internal management of the Executive Director”, citing the executive branch of the federal government.
“The government is crystal clear, admitting that only Congress can remove the Ministry of Education. And the government acknowledged the need to retain sufficient staff to continue to perform legally settled functions and retain the staff that is necessary for these tasks. Created (reduction in force) is fully in line with this approach.”
The Department, created by the US law, adopted by Congress in 1979, monitors about 100,000 public and 34,000 private schools in the United States, although more than 85% of public school financing comes from public and local authorities.
It provides federal grants for needy schools and programs, including money to pay teachers to children with special needs, arts financing programs and replacement of outdated infrastructure. He also controls $ 1.6 trillion student loans held by tens of millions of Americans who can’t afford to pay for college straight.
Trump’s transfer to dismantle the department is part of the Republican President’s campaign to reduce and reshape the federal government. Closing the department has long been the goal of many US conservatives.
20 -states and Colombia County, as well as the school districts and unions representing teachers, a claim for blocking the Trump administration for the departure of the department. Countries claim that massive workplace cuts will make an agency that cannot perform the basic functions authorized by the Statute, including the civil rights arena, effectively usurping congress powers in violation of the US Constitution.
Trump on March 20 signed an executive order designed to close the department effectively, making a good promise of the Conservative’s campaign to move education policy almost completely in countries and local councils. At a White House ceremony surrounded by children and teachers, Trump called the order the first step “to remove” the department.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced plans to make a massive termination of employees on March 11. These abbreviations will leave the department with 2183 workers, more than 4133, when Trump took office in January. The department said that in the press release, these terminations were part of its “final mission”.
Trump on March 21 announced plans to transfer the student loan portfolio to the Small Business Administration Division and its special education, nutrition and related services to the US Department of Health and Human Services, which is also facing deep cuts.
In its decision, the administration ordered the administration to restore the dismissed workers and to suspend the implementation of the Trump Directive for the transfer of student loans and programs for special needs to other federal agencies.
The judge rejected the argument set out by the lawyers of the Ministry of Justice that the mass terminations were aimed at making the department more efficient while fulfilling their mission. In fact, Joun ordered job cuts was an effort to close the department without the necessary congressional approval.
“This vessel cannot be asked to cover its eyes until the staff of the department are constantly fired and the units are transferred until the department becomes a shell by themselves,” the judge wrote.
White House spokesman Harrison Fields called the judge’s decision “wrong.”
The Boston-based 1st Court of Appeal on June 4, on June 4, rejected the Trump administration’s request to suspend the order issued by Joun.
(Report by John Crussel;)