Prosecutor General New Jersey Matthew Platkin implements another trial against the administration of President Donald Trump, this time in the matter of dismontyment of the Education Department.
Platkin and 20 other lawyers generally filed a lawsuit at the Federal Court in Massachusetts on Thursday, looking for a court order to stop the Trump’s mission consisting in dismantling the department, which, as they think, is unconstitutional.
Trump has repeatedly said that he I want to get rid of the Federal Department as a whole And give more power to states and parents. As part of this mission, Federal education The department announced dismissals of 1300 employees on Tuesday, leaving the department about half of its size 4100, when Trump took office. Some other employees left through the purchase or were resolved during the trial period.
General lawyers They argue that the president does not have the right to get rid of the department without the consent of the Congress or “overpower”, removing staff. They claim that the agency cannot function because it is legally required with cuts.
All general prosecutors who signed a lawsuit are democrats from countries from California to Maine, and Washington, the neighbors of DC in New York and Delaware, also take part in the Sunday Republican Dave office.
This is a pointed contrast from when the governor of Josh Shapiro, a democrat, was the prosecutor general during the first term of the president. Shapiro gained a brand of Trump fighting with Trump in court as the most crucial prosecutor of State, and last month he undertook a lawsuit of Trump’s administration as a governor regarding the President’s efforts to freeze federal funds. Instead, the governor is infrequent instead of the main prosecutor of the state, and Shapiro did not rule out legal proceedings again.
Madi Biedermann, spokesman for the US Education Department, said that the cuts were “strategic”, and “implemented carefully and in accordance with all applicable regulations and regulations.” She said that the exemptions “would not directly affect students and family.”
“President Trump was elected with the mandate of American public opinion to return educational power in the States,” she said.
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Biedermann said that the dismissal did not affect employees who are working on student loans, title funds and special education and that the Civil Rights Office will continue to investigate. However, the website loan of the student department He was fallen for many hours The day after the announcement of mass exemptions, and several civil rights were closed as part of the cuts, including in Philadelphia, despite the arrears in the investigation.
Platkin called attempts to dismantle the Federal Department through the executive order “grossly illegal” a movement that will harm millions of students and teachers who depend on the department.
“As I said, President Trump is not a king and cannot unilaterally decide to close the office agency,” said Platin. “We take Trump’s administration to court again to prevent Trump’s administration from causing serious damage to our state schools, especially our students of special needs.”
Education Secretary Linda McMahon said that cutting the department is part of his involvement in performance and responsibility.
But McMahon repeatedly referred to the “final mission” of the department in order to eliminate bureaucratic bloating and transfer the authority of the agency in the States, and Trump said that he wants her to work “from work” herself.
Trump administration officials suggested that other agencies may undertake the duties of a department. But it is not clear who would promote equal access to students and what would happen to billions of dollars that support in running programs.
At the beginning of this week, the federal judge Massachusetts blocked the February order of Trump, ending the subsidy for the preparation of the teacher-who influenced the subsidies for Montclair State University and College of New Jersey-PO to sue Platin generals and other lawyers. Platkin was part of various other common lawsuits against Trump’s administration, including in connection with Trump’s efforts to freeze federal funds and attempt to end birthday citizenship. Platkin also submitted information to support the claim against Trump’s efforts to ban transgender persons from the army.
Republicans in the country are trying to accuse Platkin and accuse him of using politics and generation of headers. It is unlikely that effort be successful, because both chambers in state legislation are majority democrats.
Associated Press contributed to this article.
