In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the Supreme Court paused a lower court order that had reinstated 1,400 Education Department employees laid off by the Trump's administration.

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.

The Department of Education laid off roughly 1,400 employees in March and a federal judge paused the move. The Supreme Court now says it was permissible.

The Supreme Court lifted a lower court order directing the Trump administration to hire back scores of employees who had been laid off

Education Secretary Linda McMahon is expected to move quickly now that the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to continue unwinding her department.

Over dissents from the liberal justices, the Supreme Court said it would allow the Department of Education to terminate nearly 1,400 employees, part of the Trump administration's efforts to gut the agency.

The National Education Association president called President Trump's plan to eliminate the Department of Education 'unlawful' despite a Supreme Court ruling allowing the cuts.

State Superintendent Ryan Walters is "demanding" the Oklahoma Supreme Court allow him to use taxpayer money to buy Bibles for state classrooms.