The Trump administration refused to hand over DOGE ciphertext, and the Democrats criticized Musk: What right does he have to decide the government budget?

The Trump administration recently refused to submit documents related to the Department of Efficiency (DOGE) as ordered by the court, due to accusations from Democratic-led states that Musk is unconstitutionally reducing federal agencies through DOGE. In response, the U.S. Department of Justice considers the order to be "highly intrusive" and impacts the separation of powers in government. The Justice Department has now appealed to the Washington Federal Appeals Court, and if rejected, will request the Supreme Court's intervention.

The Democratic Party demands DOGE to hand over confidential documents, the Justice Department urgently appeals.

According to Bloomberg, U.S. Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled on March 12 that the 14 states governed by the Democratic Party have the right to request relevant documents from Musk and DOGE, and require them to answer related questions. These questions involve:

The role of DOGE in closing federal agencies, eliminating government positions, and cutting budgets.

Are DOGE officials accessing the computer systems of U.S. federal agencies?

Does DOGE affect the federal grant programs approved by Congress in various states?

In the past, courts usually only required federal agencies to provide information, rather than directly ordering presidential advisors or the White House office to hand over confidential materials. This time, Judge Chutkan's ruling is directly aimed at DOGE and Musk himself.

However, Chutkan did not fully support all the requests from the Democratic states; she refused to allow lawyers from these states to directly question DOGE officials and limited them to only requesting DOGE-related information that affects these 14 states. In addition, she clearly stated that this order does not apply to Trump himself.

Blue State sues for unconstitutional governance, dissatisfied with Musk's decision on government budget.

Since Trump signed the executive order to establish DOGE on January 20 of this year and authorized Musk to lead the agency, personnel related to DOGE began to fully enter major federal agencies, reducing staff, cutting budgets, and reorganizing internal government operations.

This lawsuit is just one of many legal battles against DOGE, with New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez also representing these 14 states in the lawsuit. Torrez questioned, "If DOGE is really just a simple financial flaw, what do they have that can't be made public?"

Is DOGE too powerful? Multiple federal court rulings shake Trump's reforms.

In addition to this lawsuit, recent court rulings regarding DOGE across the United States have mostly been unfavorable to the Trump administration:

Maryland Federal Court: Rules that the plaintiff (, a Democratic-controlled state ), may successfully prove that DOGE exercised unconstitutional powers and violated normal government decision-making procedures.

Washington D.C. Federal Court: Last week ruled that DOGE must comply with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and release internal documents. However, the Trump administration is dissatisfied with this decision and has requested a rehearing, but has not yet appealed.

The Ministry of Justice strongly retaliated, stating that this is unconstitutional political interference.

In the face of a series of unfavorable rulings from the court, the Justice Department emphasized in its latest appeal that Judge Chutkan's order severely infringes upon the "executive power" and the "principle of separation of judicial powers". If such judicial intervention is allowed, it will negatively impact the authority of future presidential advisors.

The case has been submitted to the Washington Federal Court of Appeals, and if the court does not accept it, the Department of Justice may directly request intervention from the U.S. Supreme Court.

(DOGE reform severely impacts the US economy: airline stocks lose 20 billion in market value, Washington faces unemployment and housing market crisis )

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