Judge won't block DOGE from accessing Labor Department systems

[Jose Garcia]

Source: The Hill

A federal judge Friday evening refused to block the Labor Department from giving Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to confidential systems or firing employees for refusing to hand over the credentials.

U.S. District Judge John Bates found the plaintiffs hadn’t show enough injury to have legal standing to bring the lawsuit.

“This data includes the medical and financial records of millions of Americans,” wrote Bates. “But on the current record, plaintiffs have failed to establish standing. So although the Court harbors concerns about defendants’ alleged conduct, it must deny plaintiffs’ motion at this time.”

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday by the AFL-CIO and several of its affiliate government employee unions, claims that giving Musk’s team access to the Labor Department systems violates federal privacy law and is without any legal authority.

Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5134001-judge-doge-labor-department-access/

[William Seger]

1. WTF? Why isn't theft of their explicit legal right to privacy injury enough?!

[Daleuhlmann]

2. Cowardly, Outrageous Decision!

American workers' privacy is being compromised, you fool in a black robe! How is that not injury enough?

[DSandra]

3. Elon Musk is making a mockery of America and the judicial system

"Those stupid Americans!"

[Karasu]

4. What pathetically stupid reasoning.

[iemanja]

5. Boo

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Shrub appointee.

[Bayard]

7. More stolen Social Security numbers.....

These kids are going to make million$.

[Bengus81]

8. Uhh...Hill, it's NOT a Dept and you fucking know it!

[Joinfortmill]

9. Judge is a damn idiot. This is gonna come back and kick his ass.

[Seasider]

10. How about the fact that these kids aren't Govt employees and have security clearance?

[Angrybob2001]

11. Clearance doesn't mean you are an employee

It just means they have gone through a background check appropriate to the level of information they could potentially have access too. Just like the contracted cleaning staff, researchers studying some military history data and vendor equipment maintenance staff as a few examples. Personally I'm pretty sure a 19yo kid who has previously been suspected of stealing data shouldn't have a clearance.