A coalition of advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday to block the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Department of Education, calling the move illegal.
The lawsuit alleged that President Donald Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department exceeds his constitutional authority and violates the federal Administrative Procedure Act.
The groups asked the court to block the department’s closure, arguing that only Congress, not the president, has the authority to dismantle it since the department was created by Congress.
“Taken together, Defendants’ steps since January 20, 2025, constitute a de facto dismantling of the Department by executive fiat,” the groups stated in the complaint. “But the Constitution gives power over ‘the establishment of offices [and] the determination of their functions and jurisdiction’ to Congress—not to the President or any officer working under him.”…