Donald Trump administration urges Supreme Court to uphold mass layoffs at Education Department

The Trump administration has approached the US Supreme Court seeking an emergency stay on a lower court ruling that ordered the reinstatement of nearly 1,400 Education Department employees who were terminated as part of President Donald Trump’s controversial plan to dismantle the agency. The appeal, filed on Friday (June 6) by Solicitor General D John Sauer on behalf of the Justice Department, challenges a preliminary injunction issued by US District Judge Myong Joun in Boston last month.