The 14 states sued his government efficiency (DOGE) and President Trump Elon Musk on Thursday, claiming that the tech billionaire's drastic efforts to cut government spending were unconstitutional.
The New Mexico-led National Union argues that Musk's vast role as head of the Doge is in violation of the constitutional appointment clause, given that it has not been confirmed by the Senate.
“Mr. The seemingly infinite and unidentified authority of masks was shocking to those who won the country's independence by stripping the government from the labor force and removing the entire division with pen strokes or mouse clicks. It's probably,” they wrote.
“There is no US office other than the president with the full power of administrative agencies. And the cleaning agencies given to currently unelected individuals are opposed to the entire constitutional structure of the country,” they said. continued.
State – Arizona, Michigan, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington are in addition to New Mexico. He asks the court to take the broad stolen Musk and his doge team. The range of actions.
They aim to prevent Tesla CEOs and his aides from changing public funds, government contracts, regulations or personnel payments, and receiving access or changes to the data system.
“Our constitutional order was partially established to prevent the accumulation of state power in one individual's hands. Its construction first focused on the abuse of power of 18th century monarchs. But that's not too dangerous in the hands. New Mexico Attorney General Raul Trez said at a press conference.
Several current and former employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) made similar cases in a lawsuit filed earlier on Thursday after Musk and his Doge team came down to an agency responsible for dispersing foreign aid. We raised a discussion.
The Trump administration has tried to effectively dismantle USAID, limit the flow of foreign aid, and fire thousands of people working at agencies both domestically and internationally.
