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Okay, I just obtained accomplished earlier bemoaning the actual fact that every day appears to deliver information of some federal choose kicking sand into the Trump administration’s gears. It does appear to be we have been overlaying an abundance of such tales. And an terrible lot of them do not appear to go the administration’s approach. 

I keep telling of us (and myself) to have religion — most of these points will get sorted out in the long run, and most to the benefit of the administration (and, I’d argue, the nation). But I perceive why of us are pissed off with the courts and a lot of these rulings — I’m, too, even though I retain my cautious optimism. 

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All of which is to say, when we get a brilliant spot of judicial information, I’m comfortable to take that. We obtained just that Friday afternoon with a transient order issued by Chief Justice John Roberts in a case involving Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests aimed at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). 

BREAKING: Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts has quickly stayed discovery into whether or not the Department of Government Efficiency is a authorities company subject to public data requests until additional discover. #SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/4zoNbFoj9S

— Katie Buehler (@bykatiebuehler) May 23, 2025

So, here is the background on this one: 

• February 20 — Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) (based by Norm Eisen, for those questioning) filed swimsuit against DOGE, Elon Musk, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Russ Vought (its director), the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and Marco Rubio (in his capability as archivist), asserting all method of nefarious, shadowy deeds against DOGE and looking for an injunction declaring DOGE an “agency” under U.S. Code provisions, such that it’s subject to FOIA requests.
• March 10 — Judge Christopher Cooper, an Obama appointee, entered an order granting (in half) CREW’s movement for a preliminary injunction.
• April 15 — Judge Cooper entered an order granting expedited discovery in the case.
• April 18 — The Trump administration appealed Cooper’s April 15 ruling to the D.C. Circuit, looking for a writ of mandamus quashing his order based mostly on the separation of powers and asserting that DOGE is an advisory physique, not an company subject to such requests.
• April 18 — The D.C. Circuit granted an administrative keep of Cooper’s order.
• May 14 — The D.C. Circuit dissolved the executive keep and denied the administration’s petition for writ of mandamus. 
• May 20 — Judge Cooper denied the administration’s movement for keep as moot and ordered discovery to proceed
• May 21 — The administration filed an utility for keep in the Supreme Court. 

And that brings us to right this moment, with the Chief Justice issuing the order putting an administrative keep on Cooper’s April 15 and May 20 orders. 

Now, that’s a win — but, to be truthful, it is only a momentary win and not a guarantee of the final word end result. As famous above, the D.C. Circuit initially granted an administrative keep, but then, after reviewing every little thing, finally dissolved it and denied the administration’s request. The Supreme Court might finally decide that the administration isn’t entitled to reduction and ship it packing, too. But the actual fact that SCOTUS is reviewing the matter and has pressed pause on the invention course of is a win at least for now. 

And it being the Friday of a vacation weekend, I’ll merely go away you with a reminder of what I stated in right this moment’s Morning Minute relating to SCOTUS: 

With some of their willy-nilly habits of late, I will not be shocked if we get one other random choice thrown out over the weekend. 

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