Archiv: Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)


29.05.2025 - 20:31 [ LawAndCrime.com ]

Judge slams ‘perverse reading’ of Constitution by Trump admin fighting lawsuit challenging DOGE, but puts one less case on the president’s docket

“Defendants appear to sanction unlimited Executive power, free from checks and balances, but the Constitution prohibits unilateral control over ‘official appointments’ by ‘dividing the power to appoint the principal federal offices … between the Executive and Legislative Branches,‘” Chutkan added.

The judge further dispatched the defendants’ argument that a court cannot review the president’s actions in this case.

“The fact that President Trump purports to create a position and assign it powers by Executive Order does not preclude review under the Appointments Clause,” she wrote.

“No branch may aggrandize its own appointment power at the expense of another and no branch may abdicate its Appointments Clause duties,” Chutkan added. “And the Judiciary has a duty to maintain ‘the constitutional plan of separation of powers.’ Consequently, the court will reject Defendants’ perverse reading of the Appointments Clause.”

29.05.2025 - 20:27 [ DemocracyDocket.com ]

Judge Says Musk Must Face Lawsuit Over His Role In DOGE

A federal judge in D.C. Tuesday greenlit lawsuits challenging Elon Musk’s position in the federal government and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as unconstitutional.

Judge Tanya Chutkan, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, said 14 states and a group of advocacy organizations plausibly argued that Musk and DOGE’s efforts to slash the government violate the Appointments Clause of the Constitution.

29.05.2025 - 20:25 [ Axios ]

Judge allows 14 states‘ lawsuit against Elon Musk and DOGE to proceed

Driving the news: U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan denied a motion to dismiss the case.

She wrote in a 42-page order: „The Constitution does not permit the Executive to commandeer the entire appointments power by unilaterally creating a federal agency pursuant to Executive Order and insulating its principal officer from the Constitution as an ‚advisor‘ in name only,“ the judge wrote. „This is precisely what Plaintiffs claim the Executive has done.“

29.05.2025 - 20:13 [ Fox News ]

Musk officially steps down from DOGE after wrapping work streamlining government

He was officially hired as a „special government employee,“ which is a role Congress created in 1962 that allows the executive or legislative branch to hire temporary employees for specific short-term initiatives.

Special government employees are permitted to work for the federal government for „no more than 130 days in a 365-day period,“ according to data from the Office of Government Ethics. Musk‘s 130-day timeframe, beginning on Inauguration Day, was set to run dry on May 30.

12.02.2025 - 11:23 [ American Bar Association ]

From the American Bar Association: The ABA supports the rule of law

(February 10, 2025)

In the last 21 days, more than a dozen lawsuits have been filed alleging that the administration’s actions violate the rule of law and are contrary to the Constitution or laws of the United States. The list grows longer every day.

These actions have forced affected parties to seek relief in the courts, which stand as a bulwark against these violations. We support our courts who are treating these cases with the urgency they require. Americans know there is a right way and a wrong way to proceed. What is being done is not the right way to pursue the change that is sought in our system of government.

These actions do not make America stronger. They make us weaker.

12.02.2025 - 11:19 [ Revolving Door Project ]

Trump Administration Non-Adherence to Court Orders

(February 10, 2025)

Tracking the Trump administration’s failure to follow the judiciary’s orders.

12.02.2025 - 11:09 [ New York Times ]

Trump’s Actions Have Created a Constitutional Crisis, Scholars Say

(February 10, 2025)

There is no universally accepted definition of a constitutional crisis, but legal scholars agree about some of its characteristics. It is generally the product of presidential defiance of laws and judicial rulings. It is not binary: It is a slope, not a switch. It can be cumulative, and once one starts, it can get much worse.