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The move on Friday buys time for an agency created by President Donald Trump through Executive Order 14158 on Jan. 20, an aggressive initiative aimed at slashing waste and forcing bloated federal bureaucracies to answer for their spending.<\/p>\n
The executive order directed the entity to \u201cimplement the President\u2019s DOGE Agenda, by modernizing Federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chief Justice John Roberts issued an administrative stay, effectively freezing the lower court orders while the Supreme Court decides how to proceed with the case. He offered no explanation for the move, leaving critics to question why transparency is being delayed yet again, The Epoch Times reported.<\/p>\n
The orders issued by the federal district court in Washington \u201care hereby stayed pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court,\u201d Roberts wrote in his new order.<\/p>\n
The case, U.S. DOGE Service v. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), centers on allegations that DOGE is operating behind closed doors while exercising what CREW describes as \u201cunprecedented\u201d power over federal agencies. In the lawsuit, CREW argues that the public has a right to know how this influential body is making sweeping decisions under what it calls a cloak of \u201cunusual secrecy.\u201d<\/p>\n
U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court on May 21, seeking to block the lower court orders.<\/p>\n
In the filing, Sauer argued that DOGE operates as an advisory body within the executive branch, not a federal agency, and therefore \u201cis exempt from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).\u201d<\/p>\n