Donald Trump, Supreme Court
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A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump illegally fired two members of the Federal Trade Commission earlier this year.
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The court has supported his administration on issues like immigration, federal employee dismissals and military policies.
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WASHINGTON − An ideologically divided Supreme Court on July 14 allowed the Trump administration to fire hundreds of workers from the Education Department and continue other efforts to dismantle the agency. The court's three liberal justices opposed the order, the latest win for President Donald Trump at the high court.
Lower-court judges have already blocked several Trump's policies including an asylum ban at the US-Mexico border.
The case marks the Supreme Court’s first major ruling of Trump’s second term—though more are likely to follow.
The Education Department has pledged to carry out required functions, but questions remain about its plan for contending with the loss of staff.
Seven lawyers who spoke with Reuters cited a punishing workload and the need to defend policies that some felt were not legally justifiable among the key reasons for the wave of departures.