Elon Musk has called on a Federal Court in New York, Paul Engelmayer, on an order that temporarily restricts Centi-Millionaire of Technology and his Doge team to enter the US Treasury Payment Department and sensitive data.
Over the weekend, an indignant Musk posted on the X, the social network he owns, calling him Engelmayer, “a corrupt judge that protects corruption”, adding, “he must be blamed now!” He also posted an explanation for X of what he wants to do with the Treasury Department.
Musk and his special government employees, who are part of his Doge initiative, are charged by President Donald Trump to find ways to reduce the federal budget, massively reduce federal workforce and eliminate as much Federal regulations and agencies possible.
So far, Musk’s Doge’s team has mainly aimed at agencies using a small part of the Federal General Budget, including the Foreign Humanitarian Aid, USAID. Dgee specially “requested access to the US Treasury Payment System to stop money from flowing to the US International Development Agency,” the Associated Press previously reported.
Engelmayer, a US district judge appointed by former President Barack Obama, issued an order that temporarily blocked Doge from entering those systems on Saturday in response to a complaint brought by the 19 general lawyers against President Trump, The newly appointed scott bessent’s treasure and secretary.
Musk was subsequently posted on X, “This ruling is absolutely crazy! How on earth should we stop deceit and loss of taxpayer money without looking at how money is spent? This is literally impossible! Something super shadow will defend the deceivers. “
In response to Musk’s remarks, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platoin, who is among the plaintiffs in this case, told CNBC via email, “What’s what’s Shady is a billionaire of technology that violates the law to try to steal Millions of sensitive Americans data. “
Lawyers General from 19 states argued in their complaint that President Trump failed to “faithfully execute the laws adopted by Congress” in the granting of Musk and his team unprecedented access to the Computer Treasury Systems and sensitive data taxpayers stored or processed in them.
After the order was given, Musk shared a post from a follower in X who suggested that Doge oppose the court order.
On Sunday, Vice President JD Vance, who is a Yale -educated lawyer, posted on X who in his opinion, “If a judge try to show a general on how to conduct a military operation, that would be Illegal.
New Jersey Prosecutor General, Plane, said, in a statement by email, “we absolutely expect the defendants to respect the order, which the court issued in the light of illegal illegal actions in question and the great danger they They present for online security and privacy.
According to legal scholars, the judiciary has historically been able to curb the executive branch from the violation of the Constitution and other laws.
Joyce White Vance, a law professor at the University of Alabama School of Justice and legal analyst for NBC News, wrote in a Sunday e-mail: “Our Law Constitution and Tradition rules so that the courts have jurisdiction to consider the field of Power owned by the Executive Branch (President) when his actions are challenged.
She noted that “centuries of precedent place the role of courts in controlling overload by the executive branch”, including cases such as cases such as Youngstown & Tubing Company v. Sawyerwhere the US Supreme Court refused to allow President Harry S. Truman to take over American steel mills during the Korean war.
Marin K. Levy, a law professor at the law school, told CNBC via email: “The state lawyers and the judge in this case were all doing well within their authority. What we saw here was the judicial system that worked as it is supposed to be. “
She also stressed what the court ruled yesterday was not a recent decision on the merits of the case. On the contrary, the court has provided a request for urgent relief (also known as TRO, or the temporary restriction order) by the Attorney General. The professor explained, “This is done in cases where there is a concern that irreparable damage will occur before a court even decides the merits of the case. And now another court will decide the merits.”
Musk has repeatedly accused judges of corruption, illegal or suspicious behavior as he was dissatisfied with their orders or opinions.
For example, he collided with Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick in Delaware Cancer Court after she found Musk’s 2018 Tesla CEO compensation package, worth tens of billions, was illegally provided and must be removed.
He also repeatedly withdrew to Brazil’s Supreme Court, justice Alexandre de Moraes, after the country pushed X (once Twitter) to implement his social media regulations. After months of legal battles there, and posts De Moraes’s denigration on X, Musk accepted the court’s requests, paid fines and agreed with Brazilian laws.
The case that affects the muscles access to treasury data and computer systems is New York State, et al v. Donald Trump, et al in the southern district of New York (case 1: 25-CV-01144-week). Read the judge’s order here.