Washington – The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to clear the way to ELON ALMIZCLE The government’s efficiency department to access social security systems that contain personal data on millions of Americans.
The emergency appeal is the first in a series of applications to the Superior Court that involves Doge’s rapid movement work throughout the federal government.
It occurs after a judge in Maryland restricted the access of the Social Security team under federal privacy laws. The agency has personal records in almost all in the country, including school records, bank data, salary information and medical and mental health records for disability receptors, according to judicial documents.
The Government says that the team needs access to target waste in the federal government. Musk, now Preparing to step back Of his work with Dege, he has focused on Social Security as an alleged fraud fraud. The billionaire businessman has described him as a ” Ponzi scheme “And he insisted that reducing waste in the program is an important way to reduce government spending.
The general lawyer John Sauer argued on Friday that the judge’s restrictions interrupt the important work of Dog and interfere inappropriately with the decisions of the executive branch. “Left without being disturbed, this preliminary judicial order will only invite more judicial incursions to the decision -making of the internal agency,” he wrote.
He asked the judges to block the order of the United States District Judge, Ellen Hollander in Maryland, while the lawsuit takes place.
A Court of Appeals previously refused to immediately lift the block in Dege Access, although it was divided along ideological lines. Conservative judges in the minority said there is no evidence that the team has made any “directed sword” or exposed personal information.
The lawsuit was originally filed by a group of unions and retirees represented by the group’s democracy. The Supreme Court asked for an answer to the appeal of the Administration before May 12.
More than two dozen demands have been presented during Dege’s work, which has included deep cuts in federal agencies and large -scale layoffs.
Hollander discovered that Doge’s efforts in Social Security were equivalent to a “fishing expedition” based on “little more than suspicion” of fraud.
Its order allows employees to access data that have been made anonymous, but the Trump administration has said that Dege cannot work effectively with those restrictions.
Elizabeth Laird, from the Democracy Center and Non -profit Technology, said that broad access to confidential personal data raises a serious threat. “If Doge gets this information, open the gates of a series of potential damage. It also normalizes a very dangerous practice for other federal agencies,” he said.
The Judicial System of the Nation has been the zero zone for the rejection of the conservative agenda of President Donald Trump, with approximately 200 demands challenging policies in everything, from immigration to education to the massive dismissals of federal workers.
Among those who have reached the Supreme Court so far, the judges have transmitted some decisions to a large extent in procedure that are launched from the administration, but have rejected the general arguments of the government in other cases.
