Supreme Court Allows ED to Resume Mass Layoffs
Published July 28, 2025
By AACOM Government Relations
Federal Policy
Higher Education
OME Advocate
- On Monday, July 14, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a request by the Trump administration allowing the Department of Education (ED) to proceed with firing half of the agency, roughly 1,400 employees.
- The Supreme Court’s majority did not explain the decision in the one-paragraph court order, which is not a final ruling but lifts a previous lower court injunction that blocked the administration from moving forward.
- ED first initiated the reduction in force in March and can now proceed while litigation continues in the lower courts through the appellate process.
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