Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is celebrating two injunctions granted in lawsuits targeting the Trump Administration’s federal government cuts.
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, alongside two coalitions of attorneys general, secured two preliminary injunctions Tuesday pausing actions by the Trump Administration aimed at shrinking the federal government.
Nessel announced the two injunctions granted by judges in New York and Rhode Island, calling the actions by the Trump Administration “illegal” and “troubling.”
The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island granted a preliminary injunction preventing the dismantling of three federal agencies: The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Minority Business Development Agency, and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
The agencies provide services and funding to public libraries and museums, workers and minority-owned businesses.
The preliminary injunction is temporary while a lawsuit brought by Nessel and 20 other attorneys general plays out.
“Stripping federal funding and dismantling congressionally funded agencies has become a troubling and unlawful pattern within the Trump White House,” Nessel said.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York also granted a preliminary injunction in another case that challenged the U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) decision to end funding to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic on K-12 students.
TheMichigan Department of Education said that $41,974,900 in pre-approved projects for 27 school districts across the state was initially pulled by the DOE’s decision.
The ruling by the New York judge prevents the DOE from enforcing its decision to pull the funding temporarily while the lawsuit plays out.
“Eliminating agencies that support local public and school libraries and halting projects that keep classrooms warm, ventilated, and safe is not just harmful to our communities and students – it’s illegal. I’m grateful two separate Courts agreed, and we secured relief to protect students, libraries, and other vital programming across our state. I will continue to stand up and fight for Michiganders,” Nessel added.
