> To add on, the Court has also allowed the executive branch to essentially shutter federal departments that were created by Congress, such as the Department of Education.

The Dept of Ed had ~4200 employees and they laid of ~1400. It is not "essentially shuttered" currently regardless of the goal.

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Ed...

The important question is: "Can they fulfill their legally mandated obligations with the smaller staff?"

If the answer is "yes" then we saved money and still did the job. If the answer is "no" then we have a problem.

So far I haven't seen anyone identify "here are the legally mandated obligations that won't be fulfilled any longer" which would be useful and could be compelling.