A federal appeal to the appeal on April 30 closed Donald Trump's attempt to allow millions of social security notes to scrap.
At a 9-6 decision, the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia refused to raise a legal sequence that blocked the Social Security Administration (SSA) from providing uncontrolled access to Doge, the government agency led by Elon Musk.
Trump's administration tried to push that block, but the court told them no. This case began after US district judge Ellen Lipton Holnder in Maryland released an injunction on April 17, saying that SSA was likely to destroy federal privacy laws by trying to provide private data to fall without restrictions.
Today, the appeal court retains that injunction in the area. The White House still likes accessing, and Liz Huston, Trump's spokesman, Says In a statement that the President will “continue to look for all legal remedies available to ensure that the American will is executed.”
Judges said Doge Oversepped with data Grab
Trump and Elon launched the Doge to eliminate what they call “government waste.” This includes cutting jobs, federal departments, and cracking open databases. But this time, they ran to fight.
The DOGE is that it has been able to access sensitive information on Treasury, Education, and Personnel Office, but now the line is drawn to Social Security.
Three separate plaintiffs – two labor unions and a group of advocacy – accused Doge, Elon, and SSA in February. They want the Doge to be banned from accessing the most secure internal SSA systems. Those systems hold data in nearly 73 million Americans, including people who get retiring and disabled benefits.
Elon said the system was corrupt. He admitted that millions of dead Americans still get checks, even though that statement is no proof behind it. Trump wrote the same claims in fraud, despite saying he would not cut Social Security. But federal judges were not moved.
Judge Robert King, who joined the majority of 9-6 votes, was clear in a written opinion that SSA was trusted with sensitive information and failed to protect it.
“This highly sensitive personal information has long been given to the SSA by American people with every reason to believe that information is fiercely protected,” King said.
King added that trust was broken once Doge allowed the system. Judge Hollander had clarified for two weeks earlier that DOGE had no business digging those systems. The Doge's accession level received is higher than even the most SSA's senior staff.
King said the evidence was steadfast and the stakes were higher than what DOGE had done before. “The case with social security data is stronger,” he said.
Judge Julius Richardson, one of the six who voted against the preservation of the injunction, said the court should be treated this case such as DOGE's previous access to other departments. But Richardson disappeared. Most do not agree. They saw social security data as another animal.
DOGE is forced to turn away. The ruling said the agency could not access SSA data and also demanded that the Doge delete any personal known information already obtained from the SSA. That part is final unless Trump's team is involved in the Supreme Court.
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