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Jul 14, 2025 The Supreme Court granted a stay allowing the Department of Education to proceed with mass layoffs Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance
The order let the executive branch shrink a congressionally created department while litigation continued, weakening institutional checks.
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- Supreme Court Grants Stay in McMahon v. New York — The Supreme Court granted the federal government's request for a stay in the case of McMahon v.
- Supreme Court Allows Education Department Cuts — The Supreme Court granted an emergency appeal from the Trump administration to proceed with firing nearly half of the Department of Education's workforce.
- Supreme Court grants stay on Department of Education layoffs — The Supreme Court granted a stay on a lower court's order that had blocked the Trump administration from laying off employees at the Department of Education.
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Week 26 – 2025-07-12–2025-07-18
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