A federal judge on Monday determined a lawsuit against Elon Musk for his former advisory role in the Trump administration’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) can move forward.
US District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a memo Monday tossing out a dismissal request from the federal government, stating the claims that Musk and other DOGE leaders unlawfully assumed an expansive role in the federal government can play out in court.
The plaintiffs, a group of nonprofit organizations, “amply allege that the head of DOGE himself makes decisions and issues directives on matters as weighty as the termination of federal grants, contracts and workers,” Chutkan wrote.
It’s definitely the right call. I just wish the law responded to this sort of thing fast enough and harshly enough to fully discourage “breaking the law” as a viable strategy.
I won’t get my hopes up. Some fancy lawyers will get paid by the taxpayer, and others by billionaires. Not a day behind bars.
unfortunately if you are relying on the courts for justice you will not be made entirely whole and it will come far too late
source: *gestures broadly*