The coalition says Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service doesn’t have the legal right to dismantle the only federal agency for community service and volunteerism.

About two dozen states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over the dismantling of AmeriCorps, the 30-year-old federal agency for volunteer service, and over the cancellation of hundreds of millions of dollars in grant funding for state and community projects across the U.

The termination of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants from the agency has left its programs, which address an array of needs, in turmoil.