This declaration is quite something. DOJ seems … scared?
The reason it matters: This lawsuit seeks to blow up DOGE entirely as a violation of the Appointments Clause and usurpation of Congress’s lawmaking authority under, among other things, the so-called major questions doctrine.
One to watch.
The reason it matters: This lawsuit seeks to blow up DOGE entirely as a violation of the Appointments Clause and usurpation of Congress’s lawmaking authority under, among other things, the so-called major questions doctrine.
One to watch.
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Chris Geidner
Additionally, DOJ provided a declaration from a White House official asserting that Elon Musk is a senior advisor to the president in the "White House Office" — and is neither an employee nor the administrator of the U.S. DOGE Service or the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization.
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