In a controversial decision, the Supreme Court's conservative majority ruled to grant DOGE access to sensitive data from the Social Security Administration, effectively lifting a previous injunction. The Court asserted that the circumstances warranted this stay, allowing members of the DOGE Team access to agency records necessary for their operations. This ruling faced opposition from Justices Kagan, Sotomayor, and Jackson, who expressed concern over potential privacy violations and lack of adherence to established federal law regarding data access, highlighting fears of unauthorized exposure of personal information.
Today, the Court grants a stay permitting the Government to give unfettered data access to DOGE regardless-despite its failure to show any need or any interest in complying with existing privacy safeguards, and all before we know for sure whether federal law countenances such access.
The factors in this case warrant granting the requested stay. We conclude that, under the present circumstances, SSA may proceed to afford members of the SSA DOGE Team access to the agency records in question in order for those members to do their work.
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