Chief Justice John Roberts has personally shielded the Department of Government Efficiency from having to hand over reams of internal data.
Acting as an individual, Roberts temporarily blocked two orders from a lower court that instructed DOGE to turn over thousands of pages of documents and have its administrator, Amy Gleason, sit for a deposition.
The emergency stay only required Robert’s approval, not the entire Supreme Court’s, as he is the justice who handles these requests when they arise out of the Washington, D.C., courts.
The stay is temporary, likely only to last a few days. It allows the court time to decide whether it wants to consider the case on its merits and make a ruling.
The question at stake in the case is whether DOGE has to fulfill public information requests under the Freedom of Information Act. The case hinges on whether the group, which has been led by Elon Musk, is a government agency.
The Trump administration has argued that DOGE is merely an advisory group to President Donald Trump and therefore does not have to hand over its data.
So for now, at least, there will be no sunshine.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/chief-justice-roberts-personally-delivers-doge-data-win-for-trump