Trump’s DOJ Seeks Supreme Court Approval for Elon Musk’s DOGE Access to Social Security Data

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking authorization for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to access full data from the Social Security Administration (SSA). The DOJ argues that a lower court judge’s ruling restricting DOGE’s access to the SSA’s internal systems is an overreach of authority and hinders efforts to modernize government information technologies. They claim the order prevents government employees from carrying out their tasks of improving government data systems.