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Supreme Court grants Trump’s urgent bid for DOGE to have access to Social Security data The federal government had asked the justices to halt a judge’s order blocking DOGE from sensitive Social Security information.
June 6, 2025, 4:43 PM EDT
By Jordan Rubin
The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s urgent bid for Department of Government Efficiency personnel to access sensitive Social Security data.
U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander had blocked access pending further litigation. She wrote in a lengthy ruling April 17 that the administration couldn’t justify granting DOGE members access to Americans’ personal information , notwithstanding the stated goal of rooting out fraud and promoting efficiency.
“This intrusion into the personal affa