Full 4th Cir. to Review Bar on DOGE Social Security Access

The Trump administration’s bid to reverse a lower court order barring the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive data at the Social Security Administration will be heard by the full Fourth Circuit, the federal appeals court said in a Tuesday order.

The en banc hearing will consider whether a federal trial court’s injunction should be allowed to stand. Judge Ellen Hollander, of the US District Court for the District of Maryland, granted the injunction in a suit led by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO alleging that DOGE’s unrestricted access to Social Security data violates ...