Judge gives Trump huge win, says deposing DOGE staff cannot stop government from enacting 'permanent' USAID 'shutdown'

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Source: Law & Crime

May 27th, 2025, 5:17 pm


A Maryland judge on Tuesday gave the Trump administration a victory in a case over its controversial plans to significantly restructure the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

In a 10-page memorandum opinion, U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang, a Barack Obama appointee, rejected efforts to depose several members of USAID and the Elon Musk-helmed U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). “[T]he proposed depositions of multiple officials with significant roles in the operation of the government imposes a meaningful burden,” Chuang determined.

In the underlying case, the plaintiffs — 26 current and former USAID contractors and employees — claim Musk possesses “an extraordinary amount of power” without being nominated or confirmed by the Senate, in violation of the Constitution’s Appointments Clause.

To date, Chuang has been broadly suspicious and critical of the government’s efforts — making the Thursday victory for the Trump administration significant.

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/a-meaningful-burden-judge-gives-trump-huge-win-says-deposing-doge-staff-cannot-stop-government-from-enacting-permanent-usaid-shutdown/

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Full headline: ‘A meaningful burden’: Judge gives Trump huge win, says deposing DOGE staff cannot stop government from enacting ‘permanent’ USAID ‘shutdown’

Link to OPINION (PDF viewer) - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25954342-does-v-doge-opinion/

Link to OPINION (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25954342/does-v-doge-opinion.pdf

[Lovie777]

1. Permanent USAID shutdown?.................

in your dreams, hopefully a compassionate, thoughtful, caring USA president and political party will supersede this horrible judgment.

There are tons of misinformation and propaganda out there, but one I'm hoping for, that the weak cowardliness asshole GQPs knowing that shithole have dementia will enact, wait for it..............

impeachment proceedings.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. I can't comprehend the logic of this ruling.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. The whole problem/difficulty with litigating about USAID

is how it was structured - meaning not really completely "independent" from the State Department, and those who filed suit have been trying to show that Muskrat, an unconfirmed loon, did not have authority do anything with them.

I.e., they have been arguing about a violation of the "Appointments Clause" of the Constitution (as GOP loons claimed about Jack Smith), by allowing Muskrat so much power to slash and burn government entities.

This ruling was related to a request to expedite discovery and info from Muskrat/DOGE before the final September 1st deadline when the elimination/reincorporation would happen, in order to halt it. But apparently Rubio, et al, were able to dodge the "ownership" issue by wresting control, and claiming THEY did the reorg, not Muskrat. The judge doesn't think that any more info from Muskrat at this point, would stop the process in time.