Friday, June 06, 2025

Supreme Court: DOGE Gets Social Security Personal Data

The ruling, a win for the Trump administration, means that DOGE will be able to access data on millions of Americans as part of what it has described as an effort to rout out fraud and "modernize outdated systems," but that critics say appears to be a fishing expedition.

Posted by Corky at 05:30 PM | 8 COMMENTS | permalink

Comments

"Three liberal justices " Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented.

The decision will "hand DOGE staffers the highly sensitive data of millions of Americans," Jackson wrote.

"The government wants to give DOGE unfettered access to this personal, non-anonymized information right now " before the courts have time to assess whether DOGE's access is lawful," she added."

;;
This is a great time to give Musk access to millions of American's personal data! He's got to get that 30-something billion back somehow.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-06-06 05:32 PM

The people who made it illegal for the government to create a list of gun owners are okay with this?

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-06-06 05:35 PM

WOWSERS

#3 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-06-06 05:35 PM

The unelected Politburo-for-life whose members enjoy excellent salaries, easy work schedules, and 24/7 security has spoken for the masses: img.sputnikimages.com

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-06-06 06:11 PM

A couple three questions:

1) who will be or is possessing this data?

2) is there a specified life-span for the possession of the data?

3) who else, beside the above, might have the data?


#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-06 06:35 PM

In a second unsigned order on Friday the court handed DOGE another victory, ruling that, for now, the organization does not have to turn over internal records to a government watchdog group as part of a public records lawsuit.

The court's three liberal members " Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson " dissented from both rulings. [LINKY]

#6 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-06-06 09:13 PM

@#6 ... the organization does not have to turn over internal records to a government watchdog group as part of a public records lawsuit. ...

But Mr Musk had said that DOGE would be transparent.

Now DOGE seems to have a different approach to transparency.

Why?

Has DOGE failed so much in its goals that now they do not even want to talk about it?

That's how it is looking to me.


#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-06 10:13 PM

How much has Elon Musk's Doge cut from US government spending?
www.bbc.com

I summarize the excellent chart presented in the article...

...
Initial pledge: $2 trillion
Revised pledge: $1 trillion
Current estimated savings: $160 billion
Itemized savings: $61.5 billion
Savings with receipts attached: $32.5 billion
...

So, DOGE seems to have failed miserably.

(and I'm being kind.)

If a US federal government department had shown such a failure in it's purpose, what might the GOP have said?

Yet, there seems to be an eerie silence from the GOP about DOGE not meeting the goals it had set.

Why?


#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-06 10:20 PM

Drudge Retort Headlines

Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Way Back to US (43 comments)

More Americans say Tipping Culture is 'out of control' (42 comments)

Active Duty Transgender Soldiers Face Deadline to Self Identify Today (28 comments)

22 Year Old Appointed to Lead Domestic Terror Prevention (20 comments)

Men in Wash DC Seeking Plastic Surgery for Strong Jawlines (19 comments)

Musk Blinks First in Trump Feud That Cost Him $34 Billion (19 comments)

Texas Talks Tough on Immigration -- But Won't Force Most Private Companies to Check Employment Authorization (17 comments)

Vets Rally Against VA Cuts (16 comments)

Crypto's New Bailout Fund: Your Savings Account (15 comments)

Tesla Shares Tumble as Trump-Musk Feud Erupts (13 comments)