"By unlawfully attacking these agencies, they are attempting to stifle the American dream. We won’t let them, and neither should you," said AG Neronha.
Attorney General Neronha and coalition secure preliminary injunction order to protect libraries, workers, and small businesses
Attorney General Neronha today announced that a Rhode Island court entered a preliminary injunction order to stop the dismantling of three federal agencies that provide services and funding supporting public libraries and museums, workers, and small businesses nationwide. This order follows the court’s granting of a preliminary injunction filed by Attorney General Neronha’s office and a coalition of 19 other attorneys general.
“This order tells the Trump Administration, in no uncertain terms, that it must immediately end the dismantling of these important agencies and resume the disbursement of allocated funding, and fast,” said Attorney General Neronha. “Americans have quickly grown weary of their government attacking them instead of working for them. Above all else, as attorneys general, we have an obligation to protect the residents of our states from harm, even when, perhaps especially when, it comes from the federal government. With this order and many others, we are stopping this President in his tracks, and we will continue to fight every single step of the way.”
Last week, Attorney General Neronha released the following statement after the court granted the states’ motion for a preliminary injunction.
“Today’s preliminary injunction is a critical win for the public interest. When the Trump Administration attempts to dismantle these agencies, it is making a targeted, concerted effort to prohibit everyday people from accessing their full potential. They know that these agencies represent opportunities for the American people to better themselves through limitless and free access to knowledge, workers’ rights, and small business support. This Administration also knows that suppressing and stifling access to opportunity helps them maintain and expand their power. We won’t let them, and neither should you.
“This year, I have traveled across the state and listened to Rhode Islanders who are concerned about what the future holds. While I don’t have all the answers, I often point to days like today as examples of attorneys general across the country taking swift, aggressive action in the face of unlawful federal behavior, and our courts ultimately upholding the rule of law. We’ve won many times before; we won today; and we will win in the future.”
Attorney General Neronha co-led this lawsuit with Attorney General Letitia James of New York and Attorney General Anne Lopez of Hawaii. The attorneys general of Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin are also joining the lawsuit.
Attorney General Neronha secures preliminary injunction to protect libraries, workers, and small businesses
Attorney General Neronha today released the following statement after a Rhode Island court granted a preliminary injunction filed by his office and a coalition of 20 other attorneys general to stop the dismantling of three federal agencies that provide services and funding supporting public libraries and museums, workers, and small businesses nationwide.
“Today’s preliminary injunction is a critical win for the public interest,” said Attorney General Neronha. “When the Trump Administration attempts to dismantle these agencies, it is making a targeted, concerted effort to prohibit everyday people from accessing their full potential. They know that these agencies represent opportunities for the American people to better themselves through free access to knowledge through their local public libraries, to protect their labor and employment rights, and to help their small businesses grow. This Administration also knows that through suppressing and stifling access to opportunity, they can maintain and expand their power. We won’t let them, and neither should you.
“This year, I have traveled across the state and listened to Rhode Islanders who are concerned about what the future holds. While I don’t have all the answers, I often point to days like today as examples of attorneys general across the country taking swift, aggressive action in the face of unlawful federal behavior, and our courts ultimately upholding the rule of law. We’ve won many times before; we won today; and we will win in the future.”
As someone who volunteers in my local library and works hard for local library programming, aquisitions, museum passes, periodicals etc, please believe that these cuts are cuts to crucial services for many Rhode Islanders. Once again, Bravo to AG Neronha for trying to keep the light on.
I went to the Freedom to Read hearing last night. No one testified against it so hopefully the legislature will pass it this year. MUMPS wants to kill millions of people, boil the planet, destroy ecosystems, and impoverish communities. to get away with it they needd to shut down information and educzation. Thier ideas are so weird and so blatanly phony and unworkable that they have to repress anyone who can point this out. so libraires, schools, Museaums, are all in danger and in the sights of those who want to rewtrite histpory as supprting white christian nationalism. We resist.
Press release:
Attorney General Neronha and coalition secure preliminary injunction order to protect libraries, workers, and small businesses
Attorney General Neronha today announced that a Rhode Island court entered a preliminary injunction order to stop the dismantling of three federal agencies that provide services and funding supporting public libraries and museums, workers, and small businesses nationwide. This order follows the court’s granting of a preliminary injunction filed by Attorney General Neronha’s office and a coalition of 19 other attorneys general.
“This order tells the Trump Administration, in no uncertain terms, that it must immediately end the dismantling of these important agencies and resume the disbursement of allocated funding, and fast,” said Attorney General Neronha. “Americans have quickly grown weary of their government attacking them instead of working for them. Above all else, as attorneys general, we have an obligation to protect the residents of our states from harm, even when, perhaps especially when, it comes from the federal government. With this order and many others, we are stopping this President in his tracks, and we will continue to fight every single step of the way.”
Last week, Attorney General Neronha released the following statement after the court granted the states’ motion for a preliminary injunction.
“Today’s preliminary injunction is a critical win for the public interest. When the Trump Administration attempts to dismantle these agencies, it is making a targeted, concerted effort to prohibit everyday people from accessing their full potential. They know that these agencies represent opportunities for the American people to better themselves through limitless and free access to knowledge, workers’ rights, and small business support. This Administration also knows that suppressing and stifling access to opportunity helps them maintain and expand their power. We won’t let them, and neither should you.
“This year, I have traveled across the state and listened to Rhode Islanders who are concerned about what the future holds. While I don’t have all the answers, I often point to days like today as examples of attorneys general across the country taking swift, aggressive action in the face of unlawful federal behavior, and our courts ultimately upholding the rule of law. We’ve won many times before; we won today; and we will win in the future.”
Attorney General Neronha co-led this lawsuit with Attorney General Letitia James of New York and Attorney General Anne Lopez of Hawaii. The attorneys general of Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin are also joining the lawsuit.
Attorney General Neronha secures preliminary injunction to protect libraries, workers, and small businesses
Attorney General Neronha today released the following statement after a Rhode Island court granted a preliminary injunction filed by his office and a coalition of 20 other attorneys general to stop the dismantling of three federal agencies that provide services and funding supporting public libraries and museums, workers, and small businesses nationwide.
“Today’s preliminary injunction is a critical win for the public interest,” said Attorney General Neronha. “When the Trump Administration attempts to dismantle these agencies, it is making a targeted, concerted effort to prohibit everyday people from accessing their full potential. They know that these agencies represent opportunities for the American people to better themselves through free access to knowledge through their local public libraries, to protect their labor and employment rights, and to help their small businesses grow. This Administration also knows that through suppressing and stifling access to opportunity, they can maintain and expand their power. We won’t let them, and neither should you.
“This year, I have traveled across the state and listened to Rhode Islanders who are concerned about what the future holds. While I don’t have all the answers, I often point to days like today as examples of attorneys general across the country taking swift, aggressive action in the face of unlawful federal behavior, and our courts ultimately upholding the rule of law. We’ve won many times before; we won today; and we will win in the future.”
As someone who volunteers in my local library and works hard for local library programming, aquisitions, museum passes, periodicals etc, please believe that these cuts are cuts to crucial services for many Rhode Islanders. Once again, Bravo to AG Neronha for trying to keep the light on.
I’m heartened to see these AGs standing up to these cruel exec actions. More about how the IMLS cuts will directly affect Rhode Islanders on the OLIS website: https://olis.ri.gov/about-us/strategic-plan/march-14-executive-order-imls
I went to the Freedom to Read hearing last night. No one testified against it so hopefully the legislature will pass it this year. MUMPS wants to kill millions of people, boil the planet, destroy ecosystems, and impoverish communities. to get away with it they needd to shut down information and educzation. Thier ideas are so weird and so blatanly phony and unworkable that they have to repress anyone who can point this out. so libraires, schools, Museaums, are all in danger and in the sights of those who want to rewtrite histpory as supprting white christian nationalism. We resist.