A Rhode Island judge has ordered that the Trump administration, in attempting to dismantle several federal agencies set up by Congress, exceeded its constitutional authority.

In a 47-page order released Friday, U.S. District of Rhode Island Judge John J. McConnell Jr. wrote that the Trump administration could not dismantle federal agencies to fund museums and libraries, mediate labor disputes, support minority-owned businesses and prevent and end homelessness.

"By now, the question presented in this case is a familiar one: may the Executive Branch undertake such actions in circumvention of the will of the Legislative Branch?” McConnell wrote in the order. “In recent months, this Court—along with other courts across the country—has concluded that it may not. That answer remains the same

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