Supreme Court to hear Trump attempt to withhold DOGE documents

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHere is the one-sentence version: the Supreme Court will decide whether the government's efficiency office has to hand over its internal documents.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo the efficiency people are in the biggest court in the land over paperwork. I love a good filing fight.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNBC News reports the court allowed a watchdog group to seek more information about how the Department of Government Efficiency operated inside the administration.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd the administration is trying to keep those documents back?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYes. The Washington Examiner describes it as a request for the office's internal documents, and the court has agreed to hear the dispute.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorRemind me what this office actually did, because I know it had a very short name.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt played a key role in firing thousands of federal workers and canceling various streams of government funding. That is the background.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThousands of workers.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo a watchdog group wants to see how those decisions were made. That is the whole reason the documents matter.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWho does this touch? Is it only people in Washington, or is it everybody?

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe fired workers and the programs that lost funding are the most directly affected.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBeyond them, anyone who pays attention to how government decisions get made has a stake.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo it's a transparency case. Those are the ones nobody throws a parade for.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe arguments are familiar.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe administration wants to keep internal deliberations private, and the watchdog group says the public is entitled to see how the office worked.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIs there a good case on both sides?

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPresidents of both parties have defended private advice inside the White House, and watchdogs of every stripe have pushed back.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe court will weigh where the line sits.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd when do we get an answer?

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat is not clear yet. The summary gives no hearing date and no timeline for a ruling.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo we wait. Like watching paint dry at the Department of Government Efficiency, which is ironic.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhat to watch: a hearing date, the briefs from both sides, and which documents the watchdog group is actually after.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorEfficiency, in court, over files.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the one-sentence version again: the Supreme Court will decide whether the office built to streamline government has to open its own files.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe department that was supposed to cut the paperwork now has the most famous paperwork in the country.