The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to resume gutting the Education Department after a lower court judge blocked the efforts.

Trump campaigned on abolishing the department, and his administration since taking office has looked to gut its workforce and operations.

U.S. District Court Myong Joun last month blocked the efforts, ordering the administration to reinstate nearly 1,400 laid off employees and take other actions to reverse the president’s directives.

“Each day this preliminary injunction remains in effect subjects the Executive Branch to judicial micromanagement of its day-to-day operations,” Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote in the new application.

It marks the Trump administration’s 19th emergency plea to the Supreme Court since taking of

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