The judge said Musk appears to lack the legal authority to direct alterations to the government because he is not a Senate-confirmed official and DOGE was never authorized by Congress.
“The Constitution does not permit the Executive to commandeer the entire appointments power by unilaterally creating a federal agency pursuant to Executive Order and insulating its principal officer from the Constitution as an ‘advisor’ in name only,” Chutkan wrote.
Chutkan said plaintiffs have also sufficiently alleged that they were harmed by DOGE’s “unauthorized access” to “private and proprietary information” and other actions.
Another source if you don’t like this one: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/a-judge-refuses-to-toss-states-lawsuit-against-elon-musk-and-doge
let’s skip that and send him right to jail, then litigate the specifics of his many many crimes. Nobody is in doubt he has committed them, even him, who claimed during the 2024 campaign that if tRump lost Elon himself was “completely fucked”. The only way out of this shitnado is fast-tracking the courts, their strategy of move fast and break America that they have on loan from Silicon Valley vulture capital. Time to move fast and jail scum.
LaWsUiTs. The man committed treason. Jail at worst. Death at best.
The richest man in the world being held accountable, in the US of all places?
It’s a silly idea, I like it, but it’s silly.
The Orange TurdNugget will either put a stop to this, just like he has to his own trials for his own treason from the stolen documents debacle.
Or he’ll pardon Felon Mucks if anything comes from it.
Ruin. Him.
No wrist-slaps for fash trash.
You can’t ruin the wealthy while the most bribable president in history is sitting in the oval office. The most you can do is transfer a chunk of his wealth to Trump. At least, that’s the most you can do while working within the system…
The states had asked Chutkan to temporarily block DOGE from accessing any data systems or terminating any federal employees. But the judge denied that request on Feb. 18. She found that there were legitimate questions about Musk’s authority but said there weren’t grounds to justify a temporary restraining order.
Well, at least there were no repercussions from not putting a restraining order on the activity that was clearly illegal. /s The damage has already been done. It’s great that this may provide some accountability but I won’t hold my breath waiting for the wealthy to face consequences in the USA.
Even if found guilty or liable I doubt there will be any repercussions for him. Nothing will change. None of the departments will get back their employees.
He’ll def be pardoned by trump
You can’t be pardoned for civil judgements
A civil forfeiture and a redistribution of all his wealth to the country. I want that $5000 dollars he said he’d send out. Then the remaining billions goes to the programs he cut. All the while he is barred from being a CEO of any company or claiming to be a founder. If he really is a hard working “genius” he can pull himself up by his bootstraps and make something of himself.
He might have to pay a fine that amounts to pocket change for him.
Onnne thousand dollars!
(Holds pinkie next to face)
Not with that attitude anyway.
You’re right, because the only attitude that WOULD have it happen involves the phrase “well regulated militias”
It’s not the judiciary who needs to change the government.
Its the fucking apathetic people of the USA, who by this point are so indoctrinated and polarised by social media and news sources with agendas that they’ll keep allowing politicians to get away with making bank while pointing at every single thing they see in front of them, except when facing a mirror.
Don’t worry, the rest of the western world will soon follow suit.
Too bad they can’t do future dated pardon /s. They should stall the suit until there’s a different president.
Hear, hear!
hare hair!
