DOGE given access to Americans' Social Security data by Supreme Court
WASHINGTON - DOGE employees can access millions of Americans' sensitive Social Security data, the Supreme Court ruled Friday in a party-line decision. The ruling is a win for the Trump administration, which has charged the Department of Government Efficiency with rooting out alleged waste and fraud at the Social Security Administration. The unsigned majority opinion overturns a 9-6 decision from the entire Fourth Circuit that upheld a lower court's decision to temporarily block DOGE from accessing the data. U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander, who issued the initial stay, had questioned why DOGE needed "unprecedented, unfettered access to virtually SSA's entire data systems." The Supreme Court's three justices appointed by Democratic presidents voted to prevent DOGE from accessing the Social Security data until lower courts had a chance to resolve legal challenges. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote a dissent joined by Justice Sonya Sotomayor that chastised the Supreme Court for once again issuing an emergency…
6 Jun 00:00 · Inlandnewstoday