A Biden-appointed Massachusetts judge ruled in May that the Trump administration must re-hire fired Education Department employees while a lawsuit against Trump’s executive order is pending. An appeals court sided with the judge and upheld his ruling, prompting the federal government to file an emergency application with the Supreme Court.

When the Supreme Court overturns rulings without offering any explanation, it is simply wielding raw power. And raw power without reason is the very essence of arbitrariness. Arbitrariness, in

"The President must take care that the laws are faithfully executed, not set out to dismantle them," Sotomayor wrote.

An ideologically divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to fire hundreds of workers from the Education Department and continue other efforts to dismantle the agency. How we got here: The Education Department workers were placed on administrative leave in March and were to stop receiving salaries June 9 before a judge intervened at the request of Democratic-led states,