06/09/2025

SCOTUS Gives DOGE Access to Millions of Americans' Social Security Data

Additional litigation on the access to the information is ongoing

A divided Supreme Court on Friday sided with the Trump administration for now in two cases involving the U.S. DOGE Service, a nongovernmental task force, whose efforts to slash government agencies and obtain data about Americans have been mostly shrouded from public view.

The justices cleared the way in the first case for DOGE representatives to access the sensitive Social Security Administration data of millions of Americans, while litigation on the matter continues.

In the second case, the high court shielded DOGE — which stands for the Department of Government Efficiency — from having to immediately disclose records to a government watchdog group seeking information about the service.

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