In a major win for parents, students, and advocates of state rights, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in McMahon v. State of New York, affirming that the Trump administration has full authority to restructure—and ultimately dismantle—the bloated federal Department of Education.
The ruling effectively overturns a lower court decision that tried to reinstate 1,400 federal education bureaucrats whose jobs had been eliminated under President Trump’s efforts to return education control to the states. Now, hundreds more federal employees could face termination—sending a powerful message to Washington’s entrenched class of left-wing edu-crats: the days of top-down indoctrination are numbered.
Celebrating the victory, President Trump issued a statement that cut straight to the heart of the matter: restoring control to the people.
> “The United States Supreme Court has handed a Major Victory to Parents and Students across the Country, by declaring the Trump Administration may proceed on returning the functions of the Department of Education BACK TO THE STATES.”
This is just the latest bold move in Trump’s broader campaign to wrest control of America’s education system from the radical left and put it back in the hands of local communities, school boards, and parents.
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon echoed the president’s optimism, pushing back on the leftist media’s predictable hysteria. “Closing the Department does not mean cutting off funds from those who depend on them,” she clarified. “We will continue to support K-12 students, students with special needs, college borrowers, and others who rely on essential programs.”
McMahon noted that eliminating the Department’s bloated bureaucracy would increase efficiency and allow teachers to actually teach—rather than comply with endless mandates from unelected officials in D.C.
> “This administration will continue to perform all statutory duties while empowering families and teachers by reducing education bureaucracy,” she added.
Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor—infamous for her activist rulings—lashed out in her dissent, accusing the Trump administration of “lawlessness.” She wrote that when the Executive “announces its intent to break the law,” the courts should “check that lawlessness.”
Translation: Sotomayor is furious that her ideological allies in the federal education machine are being shown the door.
This ruling comes amid a broader shake-up of America’s education system, led by Trump and McMahon. In April, the Department of Justice cut off \$400 million in funding to Columbia University for failing to protect Jewish students from far-left, pro-Hamas mobs. And more elite universities may face the same fate.
“The Department is deeply disappointed that Jewish students on elite U.S. campuses continue to fear for their safety amid relentless antisemitic eruptions,” McMahon said, blasting university leadership for caving to radical protesters.
> “U.S. colleges benefit from enormous public investments,” she said. “That support is a privilege, and it is contingent on scrupulous adherence to federal anti-discrimination laws.”
The Supreme Court’s decision marks a turning point. The Trump administration is not just trimming the fat—it’s gutting the machinery that allowed the far-left to indoctrinate generations of students with woke ideology and divisive propaganda.
With state governments regaining control over education, parents will finally have a voice again. Local school boards—not bureaucrats in Washington—will decide what children learn.
And as universities face real consequences for allowing leftist extremism to flourish on their campuses, the days of taxpayer-funded chaos and cowardice may finally be ending.
This ruling is more than just a legal win—it’s a cultural reset. And it couldn’t have come at a better time.
