Chief Justice John Roberts sides with DOGE, suspends discovery over FOIA requests

Chief Justice John Roberts sides with DOGE, suspends discovery over FOIA requests


U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts ordered the temporary suspension of discovery in a case against the Department of Government Efficiency about requests for information from government agencies.

The lawsuit from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington argues that the DOGE’s “secretive operations” should be subject to public review through the Freedom of Information Act. The government said that a lower district judge ordered “sweeping, intrusive” discovery to determine whether it was subject to FOIA.

‘That order turns FOIA on its head, effectively giving respondent a win on the merits of its FOIA suit under the guise of figuring out whether FOIA even applies.’

At the heart of the debate is the contention that the DOGE is not a government agency but is in

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