The block will remain in effect for the time being, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled.
The Supreme Court on May 23 temporarily blocked lower court orders requiring the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to respond to freedom of information requests in a pending lawsuit.
Chief Justice John Roberts issued whatâs called an administrative stay that puts lower court orders on hold while the justices consider how to handle the case. Roberts did not provide reasons for his decision.
The orders issued by the federal district court in Washington âare hereby stayed pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court,â Roberts wrote in his new order.
The case is US DOGE Service v. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).
CREW opposed the governmentâs emergency application to halt the district court order earlier in the day on May 23 and argued that what the Trump administration âis really seeking is not relief from the district courtâs narrowly-tailored discovery order, but rather a ruling on the merits of whether the United States DOGE Service, a new component of the Executive Office of the President, is operating as an âagencyâ subject to the Freedom of Information Act FOIA).â
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