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In response to Trump\u2019s handpicked Supreme Court justices giving Trump the green light to resume shutting down the Department of Education,<\/em> DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump handpicked radical, out-of-touch Supreme Court justices to clear the path for his reckless agenda and today they delivered another blow to the millions of American families who rely on public education. Trump just got the green light to forge ahead with his Project 2025 plan to abolish the Department of Education, undercutting 50 million students and threatening the elimination of tens of thousands of teacher positions. Trump and his billionaire donor Secretary of Education Linda McMahon have made it crystal clear they don\u2019t give a damn about America\u2019s public school students. Defunding public schools won\u2019t make America smarter or stronger \u2014 it will set back our kids and leave future generations worse off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TODAY: Donald Trump\u2019s handpicked Supreme Court justices signed off on his Project 2025 plan to abolish the Department of Education, allowing the administration to resume their reckless mass firings.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cThe Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NPR<\/a>: \u201cU.S. Education Department says it is cutting nearly half of all staff\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Trump administration is working toward its promise of eliminating the U.S. Department of Education: On Tuesday evening, the department released a statement saying it would cut nearly 50% of the department\u2019s workforce. <\/strong>Impacted staff will be placed on administrative leave beginning March 21, according to the announcement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project 2025, p. 319<\/a>: \u201cFederal education policy should be limited and, ultimately, the federal Department of Education should be eliminated.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump and Linda McMahon have confirmed their goal is to shut down the department \u2014 mass firings are just the \u201cfirst step.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura Ingraham, Fox News<\/a>: \u201cIs this the first step on the road to a total shutdown?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linda McMahon: \u201cYes, actually it is.<\/strong> Because that was the President\u2019s mandate as directed to me, clearly, is to shut down the Department of Education \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reporter<\/a>: \u201cDo you want the Department of Education to be closed?\u201d<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump: \u201cOh, I\u2019d like it to be closed immediately.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shutting down the Department of Education will have disastrous consequences for tens of millions of families, threatening billions of dollars that support K-12 schools, working families, and low-income schools while gutting student loan debt relief. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LA Times<\/a>: \u201cThe prospect of dismantling the Department of Education has led to questions and fears over potential chaos over how key responsibilities and billions in federal funding<\/strong> \u2014 including handling federal financial aid, grants for disadvantaged students and civil rights enforcement \u2014 would be affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe department has authority over financial lifelines that so many<\/strong> campuses and students rely on<\/strong>. The department\u2019s K-12 programs serve more than 50 million students attending 130,000 public and private schools; federal grant, loan, and work-study assistance benefits more than 13 million post-secondary students.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inside Higher Ed<\/a>: \u201cCollege and university stakeholders worry that abolishing the Education Department could be catastrophic for institutions and students.<\/strong> State higher education officials, university administrators, nonprofit advocacy groups and students depend on the Education Department to<\/strong> oversee federal student aid<\/strong>, manage the student loan portfolio, investigate civil rights complaints and allocate billions of dollars in institutional aid, among other operations.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201c[I]n 2010<\/strong> \u2026 the Education Department became the sole lender of federally subsidized student loans.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project 2025, p. 350<\/a>: \u201cTitle I <\/strong>\u2026should be phased out <\/strong>\u2026\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

TIME<\/a>: \u201cThis loss of almost $18 billion in federal funding would be devastating. Eliminating Title I would harm nearly three million children <\/strong>throughout the U.S. \u2026 [and] could result in the loss of 180,000 jobs for educators <\/strong>\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTitle I also provides federal funding for high-poverty schools.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s cuts also disproportionately hit Trump voters the hardest. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cPotential federal education cuts could hit GOP\u2019s base hardest\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the sort of place where President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s \u2018America First\u2019 message resonated \u2013 but also where some of his proposed policies could hit hardest, especially his promise to eliminate the Department of Education and slash federal funds to public schools. \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven a slight reduction in those dollars could have devastating effects for students and their families.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Trump\u2019s handpicked Supreme Court justices giving Trump the green light to resume shutting down the Department of Education, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement: \u201cDonald Trump handpicked radical, out-of-touch Supreme Court justices to clear the path for his reckless agenda and today they delivered another blow to the millions of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\ud83d\udea8Trump\u2019s Handpicked Supreme Court Justices Give Him Green Light to Shut Down the Department of Education - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/\ud83d\udea8trumps-handpicked-supreme-court-justices-give-him-green-light-to-shut-down-the-department-of-education\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-14T21:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-17T16:32:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1101\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"483\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/%f0%9f%9a%a8trumps-handpicked-supreme-court-justices-give-him-green-light-to-shut-down-the-department-of-education\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/%f0%9f%9a%a8trumps-handpicked-supreme-court-justices-give-him-green-light-to-shut-down-the-department-of-education\/\",\"name\":\"\ud83d\udea8Trump\u2019s Handpicked Supreme Court Justices Give Him Green Light to Shut Down the Department of Education - 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