The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to terminate Education Department grants for teacher training that were deemed to violate their new policy opposing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. The decision, with a 5-4 majority, blocks a previous ruling that said the administration had not followed the proper legal process in ending the grants. About $65 million in payments are still outstanding. This is the first win for President Trump in his second term at the Supreme Court. The court’s conservatives were in the majority with Chief Justice John Roberts joining the dissenting liberals. The decision stated that the district court judge did not have the authority to order the funds be paid under the Administrative Procedure Act, arguing that the grant recipients would not suffer irreparable harm. In a dissenting opinion, Justice Elena Kagan disagreed, saying grant recipients indicated they would have to cancel programs. The grants were canceled due to violating Trump’s executive order eliminating DEI programs. A lawsuit was filed by eight states on behalf of grant recipients, arguing the decision violated federal law. The appeals court noted that the Department of Education had not provided specific reasons for terminating the grants. Overall, the administration canceled about $600 million in grants for teacher training. Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the Education Department, but complete elimination would require congressional approval. The Supreme Court previously denied other emergency requests from the administration.
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