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LetMyPeopleVote

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Mon Jan 20, 2025, 02:34 PM Jan 20

First lawsuits against Trump admin target DOGE

Within minutes of Trump taking the oath of office, at least three lawsuits were filed in federal court in Washington, seeking to shut down Elon Musk’s department.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/20/doge-lawsuits-musk-trump-00199384

The legal resistance to President Donald Trump has already begun.

Within minutes of Trump taking the oath of office, at least three lawsuits were filed in federal court in Washington, seeking to shut down Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” until it complies with transparency rules related to governmental advisory entities.

The lawsuits allege that the project Trump announced to target government waste violates the Federal Advisory Committee Act by giving private individuals roles in the government decision-making process without the public access the law requires.

Days after his election in November, Trump pledged to set up DOGE, headed by Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Trump mentioned the so-called department during his inaugural address and aides said he plans to issue an executive order later Monday formalizing the efficiency-seeking enterprise.....

The president does not have the authority to create official government departments without Congress passing a law to do so, but Trump seems intent on calling the anti-bureaucracy project a department regardless.

One of the suits, filed by Public Citizen, the State Democracy Defenders Fund and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, contends DOGE has breached FACA, which the lawsuit says is intended to prevent such efforts from “turning into vehicles for advancing private interests in the federal decision-making process.”
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First lawsuits against Trump admin target DOGE (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Jan 20 OP
How can someone file when the courts are closed? NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 20 #1
Filing a lawsuit is a ministerial act that requires no action by court LetMyPeopleVote Jan 20 #3
Marc Elias filed the first lawsuit on DOGE LetMyPeopleVote Jan 20 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author LetMyPeopleVote Jan 20 #4
At 12:01 pm on Inauguration Day, VoteVets Action Fund...joined in filing a federal lawsuit LetMyPeopleVote Jan 20 #5

LetMyPeopleVote

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3. Filing a lawsuit is a ministerial act that requires no action by court
Mon Jan 20, 2025, 05:27 PM
Jan 20

These filings have become somewhat automated so that the attorney submits the filing to the court clerk electronically.

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