Supreme Court gives Trump first win over teacher grants freeze
The Supreme Court granted a meaningful victory to the trump governance by issuing an emergency stay on a lower court’s ruling that required the Department of Education to restore over $65 million in teacher training grants.Thes grants had been canceled due to concerns about diversity, equity, and inclusion. The 5-4 decision represents the administration’s first success at the Supreme Court since Donald Trump took office in January. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the dissenting opinion,which included three Democratic-appointed justices who argued that the majority was allowing an unlawful action without sufficient review. The stay pauses a district court’s order that blocked the cancellation of federal grants aimed at alleviating teacher shortages, particularly in underserved areas.The Supreme Court indicated a likelihood of success for the government’s argument regarding jurisdiction under the Administrative Procedure Act,and the stay will remain as the case moves thru the appellate process. If the Supreme court chooses not to hear it eventually, the stay will expire automatically.
Supreme Court gives Trump first win over teacher grants freeze
The Supreme Court on Friday sided with the Trump administration, granting an emergency stay that halts a lower court order requiring the Education Department to immediately reinstate over $65 million in teacher training grants canceled over concerns about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The 5-4 ruling marks the administration’s first win at the high court since President Donald Trump returned to office in January. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the three Democrat-appointed justices, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson, in dissent.
The decision pauses enforcement of a March 10 order from a Massachusetts district court that temporarily blocked the administration from terminating over 100 federal grants issued through the Teacher Quality Partnership and Supporting Effective Educator Development programs, which were designed to address national teacher shortages, particularly in underserved areas.
In its unsigned opinion, the majority said the government is “likely to succeed” in showing that the lower court lacked jurisdiction under the Administrative Procedure Act and noted that the grants could not be clawed back once distributed. The justices emphasized that recipients “would not suffer irreparable harm while the TRO is stayed.”
The order clarified that the stay will remain in effect while the case proceeds in the Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit. If the Supreme Court later declines to take up the case, the stay will automatically end. If it does agree to hear the case, the stay will remain in place until justices issue their final judgment.
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Jackson, joined by Sotomayor, wrote in dissent that the majority was “blessing” an “unlawful” move without proper review.
“This application should have been denied for numerous obvious and independent reasons,” Jackson wrote.
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