Yet another federal judge had decided to legislate from the bench to stop the Trump Administration.
As Politico reported, U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman of Maryland, a Biden appointee, prevented the Education Department and Office of Personnel Management from sharing sensitive information with Elon Musk’s DOGE, claiming it violates federal privacy laws.
“The continuing, unauthorized disclosure of plaintiffs’ sensitive personal information to DOGE affiliates is irreparable harm that money damages cannot rectify,” U.S. Boardman wrote Monday in a 33-page ruling that granted a two-week restraining order.
“DOGE affiliates have been granted access to systems of record that contain some of the plaintiffs’ most sensitive data — Social Security numbers, dates of birth, home addresses, income and assets, citizenship status, and disability status — and their access to this trove of personal information is ongoing,” she added.
“Upon consideration of the amended complaint, the TRO briefing, the limited record evidence, oral argument, and the recent decisions of other courts in similar cases, the Court finds that the plaintiffs have met their burden for the extraordinary relief they seek,” the ruling also notes.
“The TRO is granted in part and denied in part.”
Her decision today came in response to a lawsuit brought by federal employee unions, student loan recipients, and veterans. While the Boardman’s order officially applies only to these individuals, it appears likely to serve as a ban on DOGE’s access to data OPM or the Education Department hold about all individuals, according to Politico. This makes her decision the most wide-ranging block on DOGE’s activities so far as the outlet notes.
As TGP readers may know, Boardman is one of the judges who issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against Trump’s birthright citizenship order earlier this month.
Politico also notes that this order could have a detrimental impact on Musk and Trump’s efforts to downsize the federal government and make it more accountable to Americans unless it is overturned.
As Reuters reports, the Trump administration had argued that blocking DOGE from accessing the information would hamper the president’s ability to fulfill his agenda by limiting what data his advisors can access.
This is just the latest assault on the administration by lawless judges. The Gateway Pundit reported earlier this month that an Obama judge temporarily blocked Musk’s DOGE access to an important Treasury Department payment System but also ordered the IMMEDIATE destruction of ALL data obtained since Trump’s inauguration.
A few days later, a Biden judge revised the restrictions on access to the Treasury’s payment system, keeping the ban on DOGE in Place while exempting Treasury leadership.
The Gateway Pundit has also extensively reported on these black-robed tyrants efforts to halt Trump’s orders to end taxpayer-funded DEI, birthright citizenship, firing leftist government bureaucrats and more.
It’s no wonder why there is a congressional effort to impeach these so-called judges.
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