State Attorneys General Sue the Trump Administration to Stop Attacks on Department of Education
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Source: Meidas Touch
Nearly two dozen Democratic attorneys general have filed a lawsuit today against the Trump administration, seeking to stop its efforts to drastically downsize the Department of Education.
The lawsuit, filed in a Massachusetts federal court on Thursday, comes just two days after the administration laid off more than 1,300 employees, a move that critics say represents an attempt to dismantle the department from within. The Trump Administration terminated more than half of the Department's employees.
The layoffs have drawn fierce opposition from educators, lawmakers, and civil rights groups. The lawsuit argues that these mass terminations are unconstitutional, violate federal labor laws, and threaten the ability of the federal government to effectively oversee education policy nationwide.
While the Trump Administration cannot abolish the Department of Education via an executive order, it can significantly downsize and dismantle the Department into a barebones shell of itself. That's what it is currently doing.
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