The move by the justices represents an expansion of executive power, allowing President Trump to dismantle the inner workings of a government department.
The move by the justices represents an expansion of executive power, allowing President Trump to dismantle the inner workings of a government department.
The emergency application to the justices stemmed from efforts by the Trump administration to sharply curtail the federal government’s role in the nation’s schools.
At a bar association event in Indiana, the justice told those gathered that she is focused on drawing attention to what is happening to the government.
At a bar association event in Indiana, the justice told those gathered that she is focused on drawing attention to what is happening to the government.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, photographed last year, is the Supreme Court’s most junior member, but she wrote an unusually large number of concurring and dissenting opinions during the court’s most recent term.
The justices announced they were not ruling on the legality of the specific downsizing plans but they allowed the Trump administration to proceed for now with its restructuring efforts.
The justices announced they were not ruling on the legality of the specific downsizing plans but they allowed the Trump administration to proceed for now with its restructuring efforts.