Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan held a hearing to decide whether or not to grant a request for a temporary restraining order on DOGE, limiting its access to several government agencies. The request was part of a lawsuit brought by Democratic AGs in 14 states. However, at yesterday’s hearing it appeared the judge wasn’t convinced a TRO was needed.
The judge said that in order to issue such an urgent temporary restraining order, the states would have to prove a threat of “extreme” and “imminent harm” that “can’t be undone” — and although having to “scramble to rehire” laid-off employees might be difficult and challenging, it can be done.
“I’m not seeing it so far,” she said of the harms the plaintiffs are claiming.
The judge promised to issue her decision with 24 hours and today, as expected, she denied the request.
U.S. District Judge Tanya…
