Unions, public school districts, and other advocacy groups have filed lawsuits in two states against the Trump administration, seeking to prevent it from dismantling the Department of Education. 

On Monday, the American Federation of Teachers, the American Association of University Professors, and a pair of public school districts in Massachusetts filed a lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump’s executive order beginning the process of eliminating the Education Department unlawfully bypassed Congress’s role as the only entity that can abolish the agency.