A United States judge scheduled a rare audience for the holiday on Monday (17), in a case presented by state-of-the-art prosecutors Democrats seeking to protect the main federal agencies of the team of the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), headed by billionaire Elon Musk.
US district judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington, DC, called on Sunday the hearing for Monday, the president’s day holiday, when federal courts are closed.
She did not say why she determined the hearing, but on Friday she heard the arguments of 13 state prosecutors Democratic to a temporary restriction order that would prevent Doge’s team from accessing information systems from various government agencies, including departments work, education, health and human services, energy, transportation, commerce and the personnel management office.
Doge has been searched federal agencies since Republican Donald Trump became president last month and put Musk in charge of the elimination of spending that he evaluates as part of Trump’s dramatic government reform, which included thousands of job cuts. on Friday.
Prosecutors also asked the judge to prevent Musk and members of the DOGE team from dismissing government officials or put them on leave.
Attorneys general requested that the order would last 14 days, which would give them time to present legal documents in search of a more permanent order.
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Chutkan did not issue a decision at Friday’s hearing.
The states argue that Musk exercises the type of power that can only be exercised by a government official who has been appointed by the president and confirmed by the US Senate in accordance with the US Constitution appointments clause. The states also claim that the creation of the DOGE was not authorized by Congress.
About 20 lawsuits were filed in several federal courts questioning the musk authority, which led to different results in two early decisions.
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US District Judge Jeannette Vargas in New York extended a temporary blockade to the Doge that prevented Musk team from accessing the dollar trillion treasure systems in payments. But also on Friday, US district judge John Bates in Washington declined a request for non-profit unions and organizations to temporarily block musk team access to the registers of the Labor, Health and Human Services departments, well as from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
