Source: Brownstone Institute
by Jeffrey A Tucker
“President Trump on March 20, 2025, ordered the following: ‘The Secretary of Education shall, to the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law, take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education.’ That is interesting language: to ‘take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure’ is not the same as closing it. And what is ‘permitted by law’ is precisely what is in dispute. It is meant to feel like abolition, and the media reported it as such, but it is not even close. This is not Trump’s fault. The supposed authoritarian has his hands tied in many directions, even over agencies he supposedly controls, the actions of which he must ultimately bear responsibility.” (03/21/25)
https://brownstone.org/articles/who-controls-the-administrative-state/