NEH Dismantling
3 proceedings tracked · Active
The Trump administration moved to eliminate the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through a reduction-in-force affecting virtually all staff and a freeze on new grant activity. Grantees and humanities organizations challenged the dismantling as a violation of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act, which mandates the agency's operation. The cases raise the same core question as AmeriCorps and VOA litigation: may the executive effectively abolish a congressionally created agency through personnel and funding decisions short of a formal reorganization plan?
NEH Dismantling
Case No. 1:25-cv-03657
Primary D.D.C. NEH dismantling challenge by grantees and humanities organizations that reached a decided disposition establishing the statutory-mandate framework for the broader cluster.
NEH Dismantling
Case No. 1:25-cv-03923
Companion D.D.C. NEH challenge by a coalition of humanities grant recipients; reached a decided disposition on the threshold question of whether the NEH's statutory mandate bars the RIF.
NEH Dismantling
Case No. 3:25-cv-00829
Active third-circuit NEH dismantling challenge by state humanities councils seeking injunctive relief to restore grant programming under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act.