Show threadNonilex4d ago

Aaaand the NYT coverage∶

#Trump Breaks Up #Education Dept, Prompting Worries Over #CivilRights

#SpecialEducation programs & the Civil Rights office will be moved out of the Education Department, the most aggressive move yet by the Trump administration to dismantle the agency.

#law #Trump #idiocracy #education #IndividualizedEducation #LearningDifferences #IEDs #pedagogy #LearningModalities#legislation #Congress #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutiveOverreach
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/us/politics/education-department-civil-rights-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Trump Breaks Up Education Dept., Prompting Worries Over Civil Rights

Special education programs and the civil rights office will be moved out of the Education Department, the most aggressive move yet by the Trump administration to dismantle the agency.

The New York Times
Show threadNonilex5d ago

AP coverage∶

Trump’s administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-civil-rights-special-education-3483478a51ea8001fcc70e8a77d08d9a

#law #Trump #idiocracy #education #SpecialEducation #IndividualizedEducation #LearningDifferences #IEDs #pedagogy #LearningModalities #CivilRights #legislation #Congress #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutiveOverreach

Trump moves special education out of Education Department

President Donald Trump’s administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies. The Department of Justice will take on enforcement of civil rights in education, while the Department of Health and Human Services will oversee special education. Trump’s Republican administration made the announcement on Tuesday. The Department of Justice also will take over work protecting student privacy and will provide some training and advisory help to schools. Trump campaigned on shutting down the Education Department and moving education “back to the states,” but only Congress can close the department.

AP News
Show threadNonilex5d ago

The Office of #SpecialEducation & #RehabilitativeServices, which oversees the Individuals With #Disabilities #Education Act, or #IDEA, will move to #RFKJr’s Department of Health and Human Services [#HHS], these people said. The Office for #CivilRights will move to the #DOJ.…An Education Department spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

#Trump #idiocracy #law #legislation #Congress #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutiveOverreach

Nonilex5d ago

#idiocracy

The #US #Education Department plans to move the offices that oversee #SpecialEducation services & #CivilRights out of the agency, part of the #Trump admin’s effort to close the department by moving all its functions to other parts of the government… [& further divide the classes creating a dumb servile class & a wealthy educated elite class].

The announcement was expected later in the day.

#law #legislation #Congress #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutiveOverreach
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/06/16/education-dept-plans-move-special-ed-civil-rights-out-agency/

Education Dept. plans to move special ed and civil rights out of the agency

The moves, three people briefed on the plan say, are part of an effort to close the department by moving its functions to other parts of the government.

The Washington Post
Big Blu Gnu6d ago
Some good lessons to learn, indeed. Also the fact that Iran probably realizes by now that America's government will not play by its own rules. https://reason.com/volokh/2026/06/14/an-unconstitutional-war-results-in-a-bad-deal/
#DonaldTrump #executiveOverreach #foreignPolicy #geopolitics #internationalRelations #Iran #IranWar #separationOfPowers #TrumpAdministration #USPolitics #WarPowers
An Unconstitutional War Results in a Bad Deal

Trump's failure to secure constitutionally required congressional authorization for his war with Iran helped ensure the US lacked the staying power necessary to prevail.

Reason.com
The Democracy AdvocateMay 16

Trump Press Freedom Attack Raises a Dangerous War on Constitutional Truth

Trump Press Freedom Attack raises urgent constitutional concerns as attacks on journalism test America’s First Amendment protections.

https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/trump-watch/trump-press-freedom-attack/

Big Blu GnuMay 2

Oh, please. https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/01/politics/iran-war-60-day-deadline-congress

#foreignPolicy #DonaldTrump #executiveOverreach #Iran #IranWar #stupidity #TrumpAdministration #USCongress #war #WarPowers #WarPowersAct

Trump is supposed to get Congress’ approval when the Iran war hits 60 days. Lawmakers can’t agree when that is

A Vietnam-era law says Congress must sign off on the Iran war after the conflict hits the 60-day mark. The only problem: Lawmakers can’t agree when that deadline actually hits. And now they’ve left town.

CNN
Big Blu GnuApr 16

Why should failure to block something amount to a tacit approval? To me, that is an argument from silence, a fallacy, and this war of choice in Iran remains unauthorized by Congress (see https://reason.com/2026/04/16/congress-declines-again-to-rein-in-trumps-iran-war/). Even more ludicrous is why Congress—who decides on which wars to wage—requires a two-thirds majority to overrule a president's veto on a war powers resolution (see INS v. Chadha).

#executiveOverreach #foreignPolicy #Iran #IranWar #TrumpAdministration #USCongress #WarPowers

Congress declines again to rein in Trump's Iran War

Republicans can’t decide whether the war is too early to stop, too late to stop, or nonexistent in the first place.

Reason.com
The Democracy AdvocateApr 1

Federal court halts Trump ballroom after historic White House damage

Federal court halts Trump ballroom as a judge questions unilateral presidential power after historic White House structures were demolished without Congress.

https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/trump-watch/federal-court-halts-trump-ballroom/

#TuckFrumpMar 21
Trump's second term: Expanding executive power, bypassing Congress. MAGA, you hated 'king Obama'—why cheer for Emperor Trump now? #ExecutiveOverreach #TrumpDictator