Trump set to move quickly against Education Department
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Education organizations told Sen. Elizabeth Warren that Trump's plans to dismantle the Department of Education will harm student-loan borrowers.
When the Supreme Court overturns rulings without offering any explanation, it is simply wielding raw power. And raw power without reason is the very essence of arbitrariness. Arbitrariness, in
"The President must take care that the laws are faithfully executed, not set out to dismantle them," Sotomayor wrote.
An ideologically divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to fire hundreds of workers from the Education Department and continue other efforts to dismantle the agency. How we got here: The Education Department workers were placed on administrative leave in March and were to stop receiving salaries June 9 before a judge intervened at the request of Democratic-led states,
Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent who causes with the Democrats, criticized a decision announced by the Education Department last week to restart interest on student-loan borrowers enrolled in the SAVE repayment plan.
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