A federal judge ruled against a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general seeking to prevent Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing data within seven federal agencies. Judge Tanya Chutkan stated that the AGs failed to demonstrate imminent harm that warranted a temporary restraining order. Her ruling highlighted concerns about what she termed Musk's "unchecked" power in the Trump administration. Despite this, she concluded that the scope of the AGs' request could not be granted without substantial evidence of harm, emphasizing the court's limited authority.
In these circumstances, it must be indisputable that this court acts within the bounds of its authority. Accordingly, it cannot issue a TRO, especially one as wide-ranging as Plaintiffs request, without clear evidence of imminent, irreparable harm to these Plaintiffs.
Plaintiffs legitimately call into question what appears to be the unchecked authority of an unelected individual and an entity that was not created by Congress and over which it has no oversight.
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