Federal judge blocks Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing sensitive records
A federal judge has blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records that contain sensitive personal data such as Social Security and bank account numbers for millions of Americans. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer issued the order early Saturday after 19 Democratic attorneys general sued President Donald Trump. The case alleges the Trump administration allowed Musk’s team access to the Treasury Department’s central payment system in violation of federal law. Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency was created to discover and eliminate what the Trump administration has deemed to be wasteful government spending.
One thing I can say with 100% accuracy ahead of time in #uspol is that the #DepartmentOfCringe #DOC is a revolving door FROM government to the Cringe Department.
#uspol #satire #uspol2024 #StateAGs
@Teri_Kanefield I’ll tell you what. When the
#DOJ and
#StateAGs get finished with
#trump I’m going to apply to take the bar exams.
#Intersections: The tone of the #utility industry filing is that the #industry is committed to the #energytransition and is moving as fast as it can, much different than the stance of #conservative opponents. #CCS and #hydrogen may NOT be available for widespread use in the 2030s — or maybe ever. Unlike the #stateAGs.
https://legal-planet.org/2023/08/14/epa-climate-rules-the-utilities-chimes-in/
#PetroOligarchs #ALEC #DarkMoney #KochBirchSociety
The Utilities Respond to EPA's Climate Rules - Legal Planet
There are three big takeaways from the utility industry’s comments on EPA’s proposed new climate rules. First, the industry seems to share progressive concerns about whether we can count on hydrogen and CCS (carbon capture and sequestration). Second, the industry doesn’t invoke the major question doctrine, making it clear that it does not view such … Continue reading "The Utilities Respond to EPA’s Climate Rules"
Student Loan Case Before Supreme Court Poses Pressing Question: Who Can Sue?
Prompted by a 2007 decision giving states “special solicitude,” partisan challenges to federal programs from coalitions of state attorneys general have surged.
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