( May 27, 2025, 11:08 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — A trial court’s preliminary injunction in two consolidated cases challenging the alleged dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) that halts a reduction-in-force (RIF) must be stayed pending appeal as it “mandates the continued employment of over a thousand employees” when the court lacks “Article III jurisdiction to superintend the Department’s operations based on its disagreement with politically accountable officials about appropriate staffing levels,” the secretary of Education and other government officials argue in a reply in support of an emergency motion filed May 26 in the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....