The Attorney General is once again taking Trump to court for illegally dismantling agencies that support our communities.
Did you see Rob’s latest lawsuit against the Trump administration?
President Trump issued an illegal executive order to dismantle multiple federal agencies, including the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), that provide crucial funding to California’s libraries, museums, zoos, businesses, and more.
Like many of Trump’s executive orders, this is illegal: he does not have the power to shutter these agencies and cut their funding that was previously approved by Congress. That’s why Rob filed his 12th lawsuit against this administration to stop it. If he has your support, will you pitch in $5 now?
The AG’s lawsuit aims to stop this unlawful order, which would hurt many federal workers and the essential services they provide to support American families, businesses, workers, and our cultural heritage.
In California alone, we employ approximately 17,000 employees who staff 1,127 libraries and serve 23 million California library card holders across the state. The end of the IMLS could mean the end to decades of funding it has provided for community services such as:
- Support for tutors helping adults and children read, write, and learn English;
- Summer reading and activity programs, and services that help feed low-income children when school is out;
- Continuing education for librarians and library workers;
- A 300,000-title eBook library accessible to all Californians;
- Digital efforts to protect California’s cultural heritage and local history.
If Trump’s unconstitutional order stands, it would also threaten grants that support California's incredible museums, from the San Diego Zoo to the Exploratorium in San Francisco to Los Angeles' Autry Museum of the American West.
Once again, the Trump administration is breaking the law by attempting to unilaterally shut down agencies the President doesn’t like — so Rob is taking him to court.
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