The opinion is likely welcome news for the president, coming less than a week after the court ruled June 18 that his administration’s effort to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was mishandled, leaving the policy in place for now.
The court’s decision, however, also comes not only as states are facing large shortfalls because of the declining tax revenues, but also as Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has been insisting states share federal COVID-19 relief funds with private schools.