Chief Justice Roberts agrees to pause court orders requiring DOGE to turn over records about its operation

The Supreme Court said Friday that it would allow US President Donald Trump’s administration to temporarily block requests for access to information addressed to the Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE), which sought access to thousands of pages of documents. Court President John Roberts issued an administrative suspension that formally freezes all lower court decisions, while the Supreme Court assesses what next steps to take.

Supreme Court temporarily pauses discovery in DOGE lawsuit

Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily paused a lower court’s order for discovery in a lawsuit against the Department of Government Efficiency days before it would have needed to produce documents. The Supreme Court issued the order, signed by Roberts, on…

Chief Justice Hits Pause on DOGE Document Hunt * 100PercentFedUp.com * by M Winger

Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily blocked discovery into DOGE. You see, the lower court was probing whether DOGE qualifies as an agency under FOIA. The move came on an emergency appeal handled by Roberts, who could decide the fate or kick it to the full court. But he stopped it. Another win for the Department of Government Efficiency! #BREAKING: Chief Supreme Court Justice John Roberts has HALTED a lower court order, which subjected DOGE t…

Chief Justice Hits Pause on DOGE Document Hunt

Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily blocked discovery into DOGE. You see, the lower court was probing whether DOGE qualifies as an agency under FOIA. The move came on an emergency appeal handled by Roberts, who could decide the fate or kick it to the full court. But he stopped it. Another win for the Department of Government Efficiency! #BREAKING: Chief Supreme Court Justice John Roberts has HALTED a lower court order, which subjected DOGE t…

Chief Justice John Roberts sides with DOGE, suspends discovery over FOIA requests

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts ordered the temporary suspension of discovery in a case against the Department of Government Efficiency about requests for information from government agencies.The lawsuit from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington argues that the DOGE's "secretive operations" should be subject to public review through the Freedom of Information Act. The government said that a lower district judge orde…

Supreme Court temporarily halts orders directing DOGE document production

The Supreme Court temporarily stayed two lower court orders Friday that mandated the production of documents and other information from the Department of Government Efficiency. In a brief order from Chief Justice John Roberts, the high court stayed the discovery process in the public records lawsuit against DOGE pending another order by the court.  The now-stayed orders from Judge Christopher Cooper of the U.S. District Court for the District of…