Posted on 02/05/2025 6:52:36 AM PST by Starman417
DOGE - A Lawyer’s Perspective on the @elonmusk @realDonaldTrump Policy Centerpiece
I inherently do not trust the media so I decided to look into DOGE myself and see what is under the hood. Initially I was quite concerned about the legality of a “new agency” created by executive order but that - just like everything else - is a lie put out by the mainstream. The order is here and the thread is below:
To understand anything the government does it’s usually best to start with the law or something else I might be able to sue over… in this case the executive order itself was the thing to see.
As you can see this document is barely 2 pages and certainly not written in legalise. While not a complicated read - the plan was brilliant. Trump did NOT actually create a new agency. Instead what he did was repurpose an existing agency - the USDS - into something more useful.
The USDS was an Obamacare office created to make government software better. They were essentially software development for the bureaucracy. Trump renamed the United States Digital Service (USDS) the United States DOGE Service which even kept the acronym the same. Not only did repurposing an appropriate existing department allow Trump to ensure there was funding for DOGE without having to fight with Congress - he also ensured its legality.
You see Trump has power to set priorities for Executive branch departments but there are limits. In the case of DOGE, Trump clearly had a team of lawyers looking at ways to accomplish this goal legally.
USDS was already there and funded for the specific purpose. 44 USCS Chapter 36 is the law that facilitates much of USDS. It is generally about developing tech for the government. This means that focusing on efficiency and evaluating the entire government through the lens of the IT that runs it is not really substantially altering the agency - just its focus.
At the same time Trump also wanted to bring in @elonmusk (and at the time @VivekGRamaswamy) and his team for an initial major audit/clean sweep. To do this Trump referenced another law 5 USC 3161. This law governs the creation of and staffing for what is known as a “temporary organization” in the government. This group will focus on pushing the DOGE agenda and will exist for 18 months (though their work will survive). By including this group as temporary, Trump dodged several potential lawsuits as he may not have been able to create his own new administrative entity on a permanent basis without Congressional approval.
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Thank you!
Excellent article—this shows how brilliant people do the “impossible”.
Very interesting and useful. Thank you.
The other issue is how ANTIQUATED the federal system is. 90% of these workers are just paper pushers that can be replaced by AI. The fields also need someone to pick stuff now.
Trump used his four years between terms wisely. Repurposing an already funded agency started by Obama and keeping the same acronym is just so smart.
This is fascinating. Thanks for posting it.
I wonder how long it took Trump’s team to scour, dig and sift through all the government agencies to come up with this one whose mission could be just slightly changed.
The crowning insult to the DS is that this agency was originally created under OBAMACARE!! How rich is that! And they figured out how to keep the same acronym, too! The “United States DOGE Service” or “USDS.”
Plus getting Elon Musk to head it up!
I love it. Trump and his team are absolutely brilliant. I’ve never seen so much brilliance in one place.
“The fields also need someone to pick stuff now.”
Great point. That condescending, snarky Biden told the coal miners “Learn to code” after their jobs were destroyed by Biden.
Now that government “jobs” are getting destroyed, the new rallying cry can be “Learn to pick.”
I’m grinning ear-to-ear reading this summary. Our President truly did his homework to establish DOGE, knowing full well Schumer and his merry band of shrieking harpies would be utterly powerless to stop him! Beautifully done, Mr. President!
We need to savor just how sweet this is. trump is literally using a tool create by Obama to destroy the old America and oppress the population to instead destroy Obama’s legacy and the Marxists supporters.
Psalm 141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by safely.
Amen.
It was an agency designed to give contracts to friends of Obama. There were no software experts involved in this and the software was worth. The USG is incompetent in buying software because the purchasers are all government bureaucrats.
The brilliance is just off the charts, isn’t it? I’m surprised nobody looked into this before.
And I thought “DOGE” was just an off-the-cuff, hastily planned, spontaneous thing. I should have learned by now that Trump does not just shoot from the hip.
DJT constantly amazes me. I doubt DJT did anything these last 4 years but plan this takeover.
I’m sure the Deep State Democrats knew what they would be in for. That’s why they tried keeping him back on his heels the last 4 years but he still outfoxed them by a long shot. Every attack just made him more determined.
lot of white guys in that pick pic... probably not the reality of DEI
worth=worthless.
My Guess is Stephen Miller cooked this up since it looks like the DOGE report to him.
Yep agree...this provides some interesting clarity.
What I like best - it was created by Obama!!! lol.
The MSM are no longer a trusted news source.
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