Firing Lines

Trump can still fire them:

The decision temporarily pauses an order by a lower court judge that had reinstated roughly 1,400 employees at the Education Department. In March, Education Secretary Linda McMahon laid off half of the department's workforce as part of the Trump administration's broader reduction in force efforts. Later that month, Trump announced in an executive order that he planned to shutter the department altogether. The Supreme Court's order arose from two lawsuits, including one brought by 20 Democratic-led states that challenged the Education Department's layoffs and planned closure. The plaintiffs argued to the high court that the Trump administration's "record abundantly reveals" that its "true intention is to effectively dismantle the Department without an authorizing statute." The Trump administration responded that the layoffs did not prove the department was being shuttered and that the department plans to carry out its legally required functions. Congress would need to approve a full shutdown of the department's functions.

Kind of like a dying patient...