Supreme Court verdict: Supreme Court has linked Trump to $ 600M education grants with DEI
The US Supreme Court on Friday registered a major victory to the Trump administration, which ended more than $ 600 million Federal teacher training grantPart of its comprehensive campaign to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiative.
The 5–4 verdict dismissed the blocks of the lower court on the cuts, leading to the first Supreme Court of US President Donald Trump in its second term.
The conservative majority of the court, Chief Justice of Minus John Roberts, who biased with liberal judicials in dissatisfaction, said the government was not legally bound to continue payment under the teacher quality partnership and Effective teacher development support Program.
According to many states challenging the verdict, these grants, which focus on preparing teachers in important subjects like science, mathematics and special education, have shown strong results for improving retention, especially in low-purpose schools.
According to CNBC News, the Trump administration argued that the programs violated a new executive order, the aim to abolish the DI-related expenses. Education authorities described the grants as “waking up” and unnecessary, and suddenly stopped payment in February without prior notice.
In response, a coalition from eight Democrats -based states led by California filed a suit against the federal government, stating that the cancellation lacks legal justification and affects the US efforts to overcome the lack of deteriorating teachers.
A federal judge in Boston, the previous US President Joe Biden appointed by Biden initially blocked the deduction through a temporary preventive order, saying that the cancellation violated the federal law and already damaging teacher development programs. However, the majority of the Supreme Court ruled that the states can maintain programs by using their own money for now, arguing that the federal government would have no way to recover money if it eventually prevails in the case.
Justice Elena Kagan, while writing in dissatisfaction, criticized the court intervention unnecessarily and in a hurry. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said in a different opinion, “In its papers, the government has defended the validity of cancellation of education grant on the issue here anywhere.”
According to the news agency AP, this legal battle is one of the many where the lower courts have delayed or blocked Trump’s second-functioning agenda, inspiring their administration to increase disputes in the Supreme Court. Trump has signed an executive order for disintegration of the Education Department, emphasizing to eliminate DEI elements in government institutions.
California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, New York and Visconsin remain parties in the ongoing trial as the legal battle continues.
