Freezing the grant money “will inflict significant harm on grantees — a fact that the Government barely contests. Worse still, the Government does not even deign to defend the lawfulness of its actions,” wrote Jackson, who was joined by Sotomayor.
#Trump ofcls have turned to #SCOTUS multiple times in recent weeks after lower court judges stymied their initiatives to halt federal #funding, reshape #immigration enforcement & dismantle #FederalAgencies.
A district court judge had blocked the #Education Dept from canceling more than 100 grants that funded 2 programs— #Teacher Quality Partnership & Supporting Effective Educator Development—while #litigation challenging the decision continued. Chief Justice #JohnRoberts & #SCOTUS’ 3 liberal justices said they would have denied #Trump’s request to intervene in the case.…
The initiatives provide leadership development, #teacher residency programs, training & other services. A coalition of Democratic-led states that challenged the funding freeze said it would trigger teacher #layoffs & other harm to #schools, weakening the teacher pipelines #Congress intended to enhance when it created the programs.
#SCOTUS allows #Trump officials to freeze #teacher training grants over *#DEI*
A divided #SupremeCourt on Fri cleared the way for the admin to at least temporarily freeze up to $65M in #educational grants designed to address #TeacherShortages, which the govt says fund programs that promote #diversity, #equity & #inclusion [as they should, though the Trump admin’s definition of DEI is humanity].
#law #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #indoctrination #education #idiocracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/04/supreme-court-trump-teacher-training-grants-dei/
Good take by @harvard_law profs Nikolas Bowie and Benjamin Eidelson:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/04/opinion/harvard-antisemitism-trump/
"#Harvard has suffered real legal setbacks in recent years, including a major [#SCOTUS] loss on affirmative action, and some stakeholders may be leery of another public fight…But a 400-year-old institution should be making decisions with a time horizon of centuries, not news cycles. Making a principled stand now — with the law squarely on its side — is the single best thing Harvard could do to earn its continued place as a symbol of genuine excellence, free inquiry, and commitment to the public good. Filing suit would also enhance Harvard’s legal position going forward, as any retaliation by the administration would be an even clearer violation of the First Amendment."
#SCOTUS #education #teachers #funding #grants #K12
Quoting:
Eight states, including California and New York, sued to stop the cuts, arguing that they would undermine both urban and rural school districts, requiring them to hire “long-term substitutes, teachers with emergency credentials and unlicensed teachers on waivers.”
Via Josh Marshall:
The new #SCOTUS decision doesn’t quite allow impoundment. But if the president can extort state governments through cut off of all funds, the states no longer have republican govt which the constitution guarantees them, and states shld then be free of their obligations and obedience to the executive.
NT Times - #News - Supreme Court Lets Trump Suspend Grants to Teachers…The justices let the Trump administration temporarily suspend $65 million in teacher-training grants that the government contends would promote diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The ruling was an early victory for the administration. #SCOTUS #legal #DEI #Education #Grants #GrantFunding #Racism #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion
John Roberts Sides with Supreme Court Liberals Against Donald Trump
https://www.newsweek.com/john-roberts-sides-supreme-court-liberals-against-donald-trump-2055687
The Supreme Court on Friday sided with the Trump administration, allowing it to proceed with cutting hundreds of millions of dollars in teacher-training funds while a legal challenge continues.
"#SCOTUS on Friday allowed #Trump to temporarily freeze millions of dollars in grants to states for addressing teacher shortages, the administration’s first win at the high court since reclaiming power in January.
5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts and the three liberals dissenting."
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/politics/supreme-court-trump-teacher-grants?cid=ios_app
An admin that is going to want the vote of #SCOTUS Chief Justice #JohnRoberts might do well to recall that Roberts spent years in private law practice.
One lawyer leading the anti-#Trump advocacy surmised that the #DOJ is “trying to play to #Trump, & #StephenMiller,” the deputy White House chief of staff. “It’s a very bad strategy,” the attorney added. “We’re by the day gaining more credibility with the Supreme Court by just not being crazy about court orders & judges.”
In another case, a challenge to #Trump’s order restricting #BirthrightCitizenship, #SCOTUS set a briefing schedule so languid—those opposing the admin’s position were given 2 full weeks to respond—as to send the unmistakable message that the Justices did not share Trump’s view on the urgency of the situation.
These numbers are especially striking because the cases are at a preliminary stage, when the hurdles are high for those seeking to block an admin action.
With 6 emergency petitions challenging 4 different #Trump admin policies now before #SCOTUS, the coming days should provide a better sense of how Trump will fare there. The early indications are not good for the admin: the Court effectively rebuffed a request for emergency intervention involving #USAID, albeit by a vote of 5–4.
Can states bar Planned Parenthood from #Medicaid reimbursement for non-abortion services? The Supreme Court case Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic tackled this question and whether people with Medicaid have rights to choose their providers. https://theconversation.com/supreme-court-considers-whether-states-may-prevent-people-covered-by-medicaid-from-choosing-planned-parenthood-as-their-health-care-provider-253509
"The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday in a case over whether states should be able to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, which comes amid a wider push from abortion opponents to defund the nation’s largest abortion provider."
Sen. Cory Booker favorably impressed many of us recently with his long speech in the Senate. He was also impressive when he spoke here, to Ketanji Brown Jackson, during her confirmation hearing before becoming the newest Supreme Court Justice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ2esUWeA0M #Leadership #SCOTUS #politics
The United States Supreme Court just rules against considering race in college admissions.
Full decision here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/20-1199_hgdj.pdf
