A Federal Court in Washington D.C., the United States has denied a request by 14 states to impose restrictions on the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the Hill reported on Wednesday.
On February 13, 2014, U.S. states filed a lawsuit against U.S. President Donald Trump and DOGE head, Elon Musk, accusing DOGE of enjoying unlimited powers and violating the U.S. Constitution.
They claimed that Musk was not officially appointed to his post by the president and the Senate did not approve that decision, thus violating the Article 2 of the constitution, the Hill reported.
U.S. District Judge, Tanya Chutkan, said in her ruling that the complaint about DOGE’s unlimited power and lack of accountability to the senate was lawful but the court could not impose restrictions because there was no “clear evidence of imminent, irreparable harm’’ caused by the agency.
Earlier in February, New York Attorney General Letitia James said that DOGE’s level of access to information was “unlawful, unprecedented, and unacceptable.’’
Shortly after taking office, Trump signed an executive order renaming the U.S. Digital Service, an office created during Barack Obama’s presidency, as the U.S. DOGE Service.
Musk was appointed to head the agency, whose priorities include cutting costs and restructuring federal agencies.
