Two lawsuits have been initiated against President Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon following an executive order aimed at significantly reducing the functions of the Department of Education. Civil rights and educational advocacy organizations claim this order represents executive overreach, compromising the department's role in protecting equal opportunities for students, managing federal funding, and enforcing civil rights laws. The lawsuits argue that Trump's actions could cause irreversible damage to public education, significantly affecting vulnerable students across the country, as they assert that such dismantling should be within Congress's jurisdiction, not the President's.
"Defendants' steps since January 20, 2025, constitute a de facto dismantling of the Department by executive fiat," the Student Defense complaint argues.
Both lawsuits assert that Trump's executive order is an example of executive overreach, undermining civil rights and educational opportunities for millions of students.
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