Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Block Document Order 

The court’s decision will likely determine how much information the government is required to disclose. 

United States: The Trump administration on Wednesday appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to cancel a judge’s decision that required Elon Musk’s department to provide documents and responses about its actions, as reported by Reuters. 

Judge Rules DOGE Must Comply 

The federal court in Washington, D.C. appointed District Judge Christopher Cooper to look into Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington’s request. After finding that DOGE was supposed to act as a government agency, DOGE was ordered by the court to provide some records to CREW. 

The Trump administration has asked the US Supreme Court to halt a judge’s order that would force it to answer questions and turn over documents about Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency in a fight over public access to the office’s records. https://t.co/kpojx5K3Us

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Cooper further explained that questioning DOGE’s Acting Administrator Amy Gleason at a deposition was allowed to CREW under the EPA Act. Cooper’s order was allowed to stand after a federal appeals court rejected a motion to stay on May 14. 

The executive order of January 20, 2018, was issued by President Donald Trump, who started his second term, to create DOGE. 

Trump Team Pushes Back 

The Solicitor General argued in its emergency request that Cooper’s order, which is overly broad, would divert DOGE from its main goal of eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse in the government. 

According to Psaki, Trump claimed that the order goes against the principle of separation of powers and predicted the government could show that the White House DOGE does not need to adhere to FOIA requests, as reported by Reuters. 

What’s at Stake? 

“This Court has rejected similar fishing expeditions into sensitive executive-branch functions, and it should not allow this one to proceed,” Sauer wrote. 

The case is U.S. Supreme Court case No. 24A1122, In re US DOGE Service et al.