A coalition including the NAACP and the National Education Association, the largest teachers union, sued the Trump administration Monday over its “illegal attempts to dismantle” the Education Department.

“Taken together, Defendants’ steps since January 20, 2025, constitute a de facto dismantling of the Department by executive fiat,” the lawsuit reads. “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.”

Because the department is a congressionally created federal agency, legally eliminating it or its constituent offices, or transferring them to other federal agencies, requires the approval of Congress, the lawsuit adds.

Read more at Newsmax© 2025 Newsmax. All rights reserved.