The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Education Department to fire hundreds of employees on Monday, a move that advances President Donald Trump's plans to dismantle the department.

On July 14, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to carry on with its massive Education Department layoffs while a lawsuit proceeds.

Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented. “When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary’s...