... The unsigned order said
that members of the DOGE team assigned to the Social Security
Administration should have “access to the agency records in question in
order for those members to do their work.” ...
U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander had ruled that DOGE had no need to access the specific data at issue. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Richmond, Virginia, declined to block Hollander’s decision, leading to the Trump administration to file its emergency request at the Supreme Court. ...