Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Federal Judge Orders Urgent Release of DOGE Records

A federal judge has ruled that Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is wielding so much power that its records will likely have to be opened to the public under federal law. U.S.

District Judge Christopher Cooper said the vast and "unprecedented" authority of DOGE, formally known as the U.S. Digital Service, combined with its "unusual secrecy" warrant the urgent release of its internal documents under the Freedom of Information Act.

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"The judge noted that DOGE's speed and the fluidity of its leadership appear to be by design. He is ordering "rolling" productions of DOGE records to begin within weeks.

"The rapid pace of [DOGE's] actions, in turn, requires the quick release of information about its structure and activities," Cooper wrote. "That is especially so given the secrecy with which DOGE has operated."

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"Cooper also offered some criticism of the way the Trump administration litigated the case, noting that its lawyers offered virtually nothing in the way of evidence about DOGE's operations or management.

"Indeed, the Court wonders whether this decision was strategic," Cooper said, noting that Trump administration lawyers had taken competing positions " including that DOGE qualifies as an "agency" under some sections of law but not others " "when it suits it."

"Thus [DOGE] becomes, on defendants' view, a Goldilocks entity," Cooper wrote, "not an agency when it is burdensome but an agency when it is convenient."

Here come da Judge, here come da Judge!

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-11 02:43 AM

... District Judge Christopher Cooper said the vast and "unprecedented" authority of DOGE, formally known as the U.S. Digital Service, combined with its "unusual secrecy" warrant the urgent release of its internal documents under the Freedom of Information Act. ...

Good.

If what DOGE has been doing is so great, then the formal records of what they have been doing should only bolster the need for DOGE.

So... where are those formal records?

Let's see them.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-11 03:18 AM

It's cute the courts think doge will abide.

This is a dictatorship.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-03-11 12:16 PM

They'll just appeal it to the Rubber Stamp Supreme Court who have already decided to put their rubber stamp of approval on anything Trump or his lackies want to do.

#4 | Posted by danni at 2025-03-11 09:43 PM

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