Elon Musk's effort to dismantle USAID likely violates Constitution: US judge
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Elon Musk's effort to dismantle USAID likely violates Constitution: US judge

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The dismantling of the US Agency for International Development by billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency likely violated the Constitution, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday as he indefinitely blocked DOGE from making further cuts to the agency. In one of the first DOGE lawsuits against Musk himself, US District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland rejected the Trump administration’s position that Musk is merely President Donald Trump’s adviser. Musk’s public statements and social media posts demonstrate that he has "firm control over DOGE," the judge found, pointing to an online post where Musk said he had "fed USAID into the wood chipper". In one instance in early February, the administration placed the agency’s top security officials on forced leave after they tried to block DOGE workers from accessing USAID's classified and sensitive documents. Chuang said DOGE's and Musk’s fast-moving destruction of USAID likely harmed the public interest by depriving elected lawmakers of their "constitutional authority to decide whether, when and how to close down an agency created by Congress".

History of this topic

Trump Officials Circulate Plan That Would Overhaul USAID
5 days, 4 hours ago
Member of Elon Musk's DOGE takes up senior post at USAID, email says
5 days, 10 hours ago
US judge rules that Musk's Doge might have violated constitution by shutting down USAid
5 days, 22 hours ago
Judge says Musk and DOGE ‘likely violated’ constitution in USAID shutdown
6 days, 8 hours ago
DOGE official is taking a leadership role at USAID
6 days, 8 hours ago
'Harmed the public interest': Judge deals Trump and Musk another blow in court
6 days, 12 hours ago
Judge rules DOGE’s USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution
6 days, 13 hours ago
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1 week ago
A federal judge says the USAID shutdown likely violated the Constitution
1 week ago
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1 week ago
Trump overstepped his constitutional authority in freezing Congress’ funding for USAID, judge says
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1 week, 6 days ago
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2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
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3 weeks, 1 day ago
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3 weeks, 5 days ago
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3 weeks, 5 days ago
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3 weeks, 6 days ago
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3 weeks, 6 days ago
US judge issues deadline for Trump administration to pay foreign aid funds
1 month ago
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1 month ago
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1 month ago
Layoffs: Donald Trump administration cuts 2,000 USAID jobs, puts staff on leave worldwide
1 month ago
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1 month ago
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1 month ago
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1 month ago
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1 month ago
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1 month, 1 week ago
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1 month, 1 week ago
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1 month, 1 week ago
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