Supreme Court Halts Freedom of Information Lawsuit Against DOGE

The Supreme Court on June 6 formally blocked lower court orders requiring the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to respond to freedom of information requests in a pending lawsuit. The new Supreme Court order came after Chief Justice John Roberts on May 23 issued an administrative stay temporarily blocking the lower court orders. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented. President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14158 on Jan. 20, renaming the United States Digital Service (USDS) as the United States DOGE Service and creating an advisory body that recommends cost-cutting measures for federal agencies. The executive order directed the entity to “implement the President’s DOGE Agenda, by modernizing Federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.”...