State AGs get greenlight to drag Musk and DOGE to court
The post State AGs get greenlight to drag Musk and DOGE to court appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A federal judge on Tuesday allowed a coalition of 14 states to proceed with a lawsuit against Elon Musk over his leadership of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a spending reform effort under President Donald Trump. The case, filed in a Washington federal court, deems Musk’s cost-cutting operations “unlawful.” According to a Wednesday Reuters report, US District Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected a motion from the Trump administration to dismiss the case, though she ruled that President Trump himself cannot be sued over the matter because of the constitutional protections of his executive role. The court found that claims against Musk and DOGE presented a “plausible” argument that his actions were unauthorized by law. DOGE lawsuits to continue after court ‘greenlight’ The lawsuit, filed in February by the attorneys general of New Mexico, Oregon, and a dozen other states, alleges that Musk was granted unchecked authority to restructure the federal government without being approved by the US Senate. According to the complaint, the DOGE initiative, co-founded and headed by Musk, has shuttered agencies and eliminated thousands of government jobs without congressional approval. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield argued there is a constitutional requirement for Senate confirmation of individuals exercising such significant authority. “The court is right: the Constitution says Musk can’t run the federal government unless the Senate confirms him,” Rayfield told reporters on Tuesday. Since Trump’s return to office in January following his re-election, Musk has led DOGE’s campaign to slash what the administration deems wasteful federal spending. Several departments have seen layoffs, and programs viewed as politically opposed to Trump’s agenda have been dismantled. Several federal courts have seen at least 20 lawsuits disputing Musk’s position in Washington. Musk and Tesla in disarray due to White House ties Musk’s business ventures have suffered significant reputational damage over his…
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A federal judge on Tuesday allowed a coalition of 14 states to proceed with a lawsuit against Elon Musk over his leadership of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a spending reform effort under President Donald Trump. The case, filed in a Washington federal court, deems Musk’s cost-cutting operations “unlawful.” According to a Wednesday Reuters report, US District Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected a motion from the Trump administration to dismiss the case, though she ruled that President Trump himself cannot be sued over the matter because of the constitutional protections of his executive role. The court found that claims against Musk and DOGE presented a “plausible” argument that his actions were unauthorized by law. DOGE lawsuits to continue after court ‘greenlight’ The lawsuit, filed in February by the attorneys general of New Mexico, Oregon, and a dozen other states, alleges that Musk was granted unchecked authority to restructure the federal government without being approved by the US Senate. According to the complaint, the DOGE initiative, co-founded and headed by Musk, has shuttered agencies and eliminated thousands of government jobs without congressional approval. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield argued there is a constitutional requirement for Senate confirmation of individuals exercising such significant authority. “The court is right: the Constitution says Musk can’t run the federal government unless the Senate confirms him,” Rayfield told reporters on Tuesday. Since Trump’s return to office in January following his re-election, Musk has led DOGE’s campaign to slash what the administration deems wasteful federal spending. Several departments have seen layoffs, and programs viewed as politically opposed to Trump’s agenda have been dismantled. Several federal courts have seen at least 20 lawsuits disputing Musk’s position in Washington. Musk and Tesla in disarray due to White House ties Musk’s business ventures have suffered significant reputational damage over his…
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