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Posted on 02/08/2025 7:26:31 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
A federal judge rejected an attempt by some of the United States’s most powerful unions to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the Department of Labor’s data.
On Friday, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge John Bates issued a ruling striking a blow to AFL-CIO and five other large labor unions’ efforts to stop DOGE from accessing data filed in the Labor Department’s system, as well as information from the Education Department, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The labor unions failed to show that “at least one particular member is substantially likely to suffer an injury” with DOGE access, Bates wrote in a court order that also expressed some reservations about Musk accessing federal records. “This data includes the medical and financial records of millions of Americans. But on the current record, plaintiffs have failed to establish standing.”
President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk look on during the UFC 309 event at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 16, 2024, in New York City. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
The six unions filed a lawsuit against DOGE on Wednesday, accusing Musk’s agency of “violating multiple laws, from constitutional limits on executive power, to laws protecting civil servants from arbitrary threats and adverse action, to crucial protections for government data collected and stored on hundreds of millions of Americans.”
The Labor Department previously reached a temporary agreement with the unions to block DOGE’s access to data until Bates handed down his decision on Friday.
“Slashing waste, fraud, and abuse, and becoming better stewards of the American taxpayer’s hard-earned dollars might be a crime to Democrats, but it’s not a crime in a court of...
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the “no standing” tables have turned
BTTT
OK...so it’s now on to another Federal judge who will block access. We must remember that at least 90% of Federal judges are Maoists.
“... at least 90% of Federal judges are Maoists....”
But, butt, butt, Traitor Roberts continues to submit that there are no 0bama or worse Fed Judges...
Come clean, John.
Guess they’re not that powerful.
Roberts is apparently IN CHARGE of the Fed Judicary, his summer trips to the Med. not withstanding.
He seems to be wimpy in corralling same.
The lawfare is making for a lot of impressive headlines—but at the end of the day it will be a minor bump in the road...
Oh, I know that.. I was just curious if his name will be included somewhere in the USAID, or some other deepstate treachery.
“I was just curious if his name will be included somewhere in the USAID, or some other deepstate treachery.”
Now that you brought it up, I too am interested to see if the Fed Judiciary is involved financially.
Winning!
Put the blame where it belongs..
That pesky constitution thingie grants the house of Representatives power over the judiciary.
This means the house can impeach rogue judges.
The judiciary committee is run by our favorite rino JJ.
Hey hey...
J.J.
How many judges did you impeach today?
Answer is Zero
It would explain a lot.
This ruling won’t last long. They can got to NY or any other federal district and find a judge that will rule the opposite.
And it’s correct. That hack judge on the treasury dept case should have made the same ruling
If the judge said Go Ahead, let us hope they galloped in there and did their mapping right quick.
These kids have these departments mapped in warped speed, the deed is done long before they ever get the paperwork to the court!!
I’m guessing it was a done deal even before the judge tried to stop it. “Oh, were we supposed to stop? Sorry, our bad...”
BTTT
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