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Leftist Judge Says Musk Dismantling USAID Might Possibly Have Violated Constitution

By William Teach March 19, 2025 – 10:30 am

This is a weird ruling, because it sounds more like a judge who is making a ruling without actually knowing what he’s talking about
Musk effort to dismantle USAID likely violated Constitution, judge rules
A federal judge has rebuked Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency for their efforts to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, declaring that Musk’s effort to erase the agency likely violated the Constitution in “multiple ways.”
But the ruling Tuesday from U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang appears to permit the Trump administration to ratify and maintain the draconian cuts — as long as they are ordered by USAID’s official leadership, rather than by Musk or his allies at DOGE.
Musk and DOGE “shall not take any action, or engage in any work, relating to the shutdown of USAID,” Chuang wrote in an injunction against the billionaire and his controversial cost-cutting initiative.
Chuang, an appointee of President Barack Obama, also ordered Musk and DOGE personnel to restore access to official computer systems for USAID employees, including those on administrative leave. The judge said Musk and DOGE can have no involvement in further staff reductions or contract cancellations.
So, he’s ordering all this on a “likely violated”? Where were judges like Chuang when all those Biden “czars”, such as John Kerry, were doing all sorts of things, like negotiating with other countries to give away US money. Of course, Trump, as the Final Boss of USAID, could simply order the executive order created agency ended….actually, he kind of did, because there is already an EO giving DOGE the power. Or Rubio could do it
The ultimate impact of the judge’s order remains unclear because it was directed solely at Musk and DOGE personnel, so it’s possible other Trump administration officials could simply reissue any orders initially given by DOGE members. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is currently acting as the head of USAID.
The lawfare from all these federal judges, all hardcore leftist appointed by Obama or Biden, is amazing
The effort was likely illegal for two reasons, the judge wrote. First, it appeared to violate the Constitution’s “appointments clause,” which says that government officials wielding significant power must be appointed by the president — and confirmed by the Senate — to offices established by Congress. Musk has not gone through that process. Second, the judge wrote, DOGE’s bid to effectively eliminate USAID appeared to violate laws passed by Congress that dictate the agency’s functions.
But, wait, Congress did not establish USAID. JFK did with an EO. Trump should simply end it with an EO. And then there’s this
Judge blocks Trump’s transgender military ban
A federal judge Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from enlisting or serving in the military.
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes of Washington, D.C., ruled that the ban violates the equal protection clause because it discriminates based on transgender status and sex.
Reyes said the ban “is soaked in animus.”
“Its language is unabashedly demeaning, its policy stigmatizes transgender persons as inherently unfit, and its conclusions bear no relation to fact,” she wrote.
That’s a legal ruling from a federal judge? Sounds more like something from Media Matters or MSNBC. Trump should do like Biden, and just ignore the court. Or, simply take any and all trans in the military and assign them to scut work at a facility in the middle of nowhere. They would get no “affirming care”, no surgeries. Nothing. They won’t be around military grade weapons.

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