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Chief Justice Roberts temporarily halts discovery in DOGE case
The Hill ^ | 5/23/25 | Ella Lee

Posted on 05/23/2025 1:43:10 PM PDT by CFW

Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily halted discovery Friday in a lawsuit seeking access to documents and information about the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) operations.

In a brief order, Roberts granted the government’s request for an administrative stay, which temporarily lifts a judge’s order allowing limited discovery into whether DOGE is an “agency.” If it is found to be an agency, that would make DOGE subject to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.

The request went to Roberts by default; he handles emergency appeals arising from the nation’s capital. The pause will last until the court decides whether to wipe two lower court rulings letting discovery move forward, which Roberts could himself decide or refer to the full court.

Solicitor General D. John Sauer had argued in the government’s emergency application that DOGE is not an agency. Instead, it’s a “presidential advisory body” housed within the Executive Office of the President, he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: administrativestay; djohnsauer; doge; ellalee; foia; goverment; johnroberts; judgewatch; roberts; sauer; scotus; trump
Another win for the Trump team. At least for now.
1 posted on 05/23/2025 1:43:10 PM PDT by CFW
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SCOTUS ping!

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2 posted on 05/23/2025 1:46:14 PM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

The communist agency CREW is trying to destroy Doge so the can keep the grift going


3 posted on 05/23/2025 1:51:44 PM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore……)
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To: CFW

The rats would have made the DOGE team’s life hell if this wasn’t stopped


4 posted on 05/23/2025 1:52:18 PM PDT by iamgalt
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We need DOGE to expose the sociopathic criminal parasites at all levels of government. All parasitic losers should be arrested.


5 posted on 05/23/2025 2:02:30 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: CFW

The intercept is sueing too


6 posted on 05/23/2025 2:03:27 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: iamgalt

Big Balls is not amused...


7 posted on 05/23/2025 2:08:41 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: hal ogen

We need DOGE to expose the sociopathic criminal parasites at all levels of government.”

We sure do. Once in a while Roberts does the right thing.


8 posted on 05/23/2025 2:27:57 PM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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To: CFW

This is not even a question and should’ve been stopped dead on first filing.

DOGE is created as per https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/establishing-and-implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency/ and, since USDS wasn’t an ‘agency’ when Zero created it in 2014, it didn’t magically become one just because Trump haters hate Trump.


9 posted on 05/23/2025 2:37:01 PM PDT by No.6
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To: CFW

When is the SCOTUS going to get rid of these fag and lesbo “district judges”. They all are far leftwing frauds owned by dare massas down at da DNC. District Courts are the greatest threat to RAT Damockrazy.


10 posted on 05/23/2025 2:42:59 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Where can Americans go to seek justice now that the RATS own the judiciary?)
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To: markman46

“The intercept is sueing too”


Almost every single left-wing individual, agency, and institution is suing the Trump administration for some reason or another.

I’ve posted the link before, but here is a list of the cases, and their current status, that has been filed against the Trump administration.

https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/


11 posted on 05/23/2025 2:55:48 PM PDT by CFW
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Just stop these NOBODIES from interfering in a Government


12 posted on 05/23/2025 3:12:02 PM PDT by butlerweave
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The democrats’ district court judge Army.


13 posted on 05/23/2025 3:57:47 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: CFW

Everything is a temporary “DELAY” with Roberts......a-hole


14 posted on 05/23/2025 4:01:58 PM PDT by wardamneagle
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Almost every single left-wing individual, agency, and institution is suing the Trump administration for some reason or another.

Why not? Left wing organizations all have standing and right wing ones never do. Or so it seems.

15 posted on 05/23/2025 5:25:19 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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To: CFW

Thanks Friend, I have not seen your link before.


16 posted on 05/24/2025 11:21:34 AM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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