14 States Sue Musk, Trump Alleging DOGE Violates Appointments Clause

( February 14, 2025, 2:45 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Comparing Elon Musk’s recent actions, accessing of sensitive data from federal agencies’ computer systems, to “the abuses of an 18th century monarch,” a group of 14 U.S. states filed a complaint on Feb. 13 in a District of Columbia federal court, claiming that the free reign given to Musk and the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) violates the appointments clause of the U.S. Constitution....

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