Supreme Court Backs Trump On Major Cuts To U.S. Education Department

Pool/Getty Images News/Getty ImagesThis week, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for President Donald Trump's administration to resume the gutting of the U.S. Department of Education. This dismantling goes hand in hand with his larger plan to shrink the federal government's role in education in favor of more control by the states, a la Project 2025.In yet another high court win for Trump, the justices lifted a federal judge's order that had reinstated nearly 1,400 workers affected by mass layoffs at the department and blocked the administration from transferring key functions to other fede