Posted on 02/09/2025 9:28:07 AM PST by bitt
A federal judge dropped a bombshell on Saturday, issuing an order that no only temporarily blocks the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing essential data on federal payments but also bars Treasury officials from accessing data managed by the agency.
According to the order, only “civil servants with a need for access to perform their job duties within the Bureau of Fiscal Services who have passed all background checks and security clearances and taken all information security training called for in federal statutes and Treasury Department regulations” can access the data, while “all political appointees, special government employees, and government employees detailed from an agency outside the Treasury Department” cannot, pending a hearing scheduled for February 13.
The judge also ordered that any Treasury data that has already been collected must be destroyed.
Since the Treasury secretary is a political appointee, this outrageous ruling essentially bars him from viewing or managing the sensitive financial data of his own department. This unprecedented act not only strips the Treasury secretary of a fundamental responsibility but also undermines the executive branch's authority to effectively oversee its financial operations.
Judge Paul Engelmayer, who made the ruling, is an Obama appointee.
Think it can’t get worse? Well, it can. As Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) noted, the Obama judge didn’t even allow the Trump administration to appear in court to challenge it, and there was no legal precedent to justify the order.
https://x.com/SenTomCotton/status/1888335201652314487?
There is really no way to interpret this ruling except as a direct assault on the elected government’s ability to oversee the budget, leaving power in the hands of the deep state.
“These frivolous lawsuits are akin to children throwing pasta at the wall to see if it will stick. … This activist judge has resorted to locking the Senate-
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I’M IN!
GITMO?
DNC’s Feral Black Robed Stooges. THE GREATEST THREAT TO AMERICA!
“On Sunday, Musk proposed an interesting way to get rid of activist judges like Engelmayer:
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
I’d like to propose that the worst 1% of appointed judges, as determined by elected bodies, be fired every year.
This will weed out the most corrupt and least competent.”
Activist judge showing the world what judicial legislation looks like.
Tar and feather the Black robed Tyrant.
Send in Federal Marshals to arrest the POS.
ENOUGH!!!
The judge has broken the law and needs to be arrested. Check his commjnication for coordination and RICO all involved. Or Trump can ban him from federal properties.
Pronto.
Again...just ignore this ruling. This is just a lowly district court judge. His ruling is a joke that will be overturned.
A financial audit of the federal judiciary will help a lot.
Am I to understand that any federal judge can heave a spanner into the works for anything they please? I guess one can invalidate elections or even ban the President from DC or his own office until someone stops him? This is absurd just on face value. Can’t it just be ignored?
Count me in too.
Trump may simply need a legal opinion that the Judicial Branch cannot take this action against the Executive Branch.
Also the D.C. Circuit should be eliminated.
How bout a new definition of a “hanging judge?”
I think Trump will ignore the judge and DOGE goes back at it on Monday….maybe at the department of education.
Just one of many battles that they’re going to have to deal with. Didn’t Biden disregard what judges were telling him when they were forgiving student loans?
“The judge has broken the law and needs to be arrested.”
Exactly! Stop playing by their made up rules and enforce the Constitution. The clown has no standing and President Trump severely punish him for attempting to defy the law of the land. Make an example of him.
Would it not be preferable to permit the Executive, in whose hands the electorate has vested its confidence, to designate, through his appointed administrator, the judge of cases in which his administration bears an interest?
“ORDERS that, sufficient reason having been shown therefor, pending the hearing of the States’ application for a preliminary injunction, pursuant to Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the defendants are
(i) restrained from granting access to any Treasury Department payment record, payment systems, or any other data systems maintained by the Treasury Department containing personally identifiable information and/or confidential financial information of payees, other than to civil servants with a need for access to perform their job duties within the Bureau of Fiscal Services who have passed all background checks and security clearances and taken all information security training called for in federal statutes and Treasury Department regulations;
(ii) restrained from granting access to all political appointees, special government employees, and government employees detailed from an agency outside the Treasury Department, to any Treasury Department payment record, payment systems, or any other data systems maintained by the Treasury Department containing personally identifiable information and/or confidential financial information of payees; and
(iii) ordered to direct any person prohibited above from having access to such information, records and systems but who has had access to such information, records, and systems since January 20, 2025, to immediately destroy any and all copies of material downloaded from the Treasury Department’s records and systems, if any;
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