Earl Ingram, Civic morning show host, joins us as cohost. This hour, we discuss whether President Trump has the authority to dismantle an Executive Department. Namely, we address the Executive Order he issued today to begin dismantling the federal Department of Education. Now, Congress created the department. And so it will be Congress who ultimately dismantles it- and who has the authority to do so. But in yet another rejection of the rule of law and our nation's Constitution, Trump barges ahead in a reckless path of chaos and harm to We the People.

The federal Department of Education does not regulate curriculum. So no matter how loud Trump and his cronies shriek about "falling test scores," the responsibility lies with states and localities for curriculum. Plus, those tests may not be saying what you think- their "proficient" is the highest category, meaning "above grade level." So what does the federal Department of Education do? Well, they enforce civil rights in schools and oversee school grants and student loans. And who, in this hypothetical where we dismantle the department, takes these over? No one knows!

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