In a stunning development that reeks of judicial overreach, an Obama-appointed federal judge has decided that Jeremy Lewin, a DOGE-affiliated official, cannot take the reins at USAID. This comes just days after Elon Musk’s DOGE team tried to restore normal operations following the controversial shutdown of the agency — a shutdown that’s triggered a full-blown legal war between unelected judges and Musk’s leadership.
U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang, appointed by former President Barack Obama, dropped a 68-page ruling on Tuesday claiming that DOGE and Elon Musk likely “violated the United States Constitution in multiple ways” when USAID was dismantled. The move followed a lawsuit brought by current and former USAID employees furious about the sudden shake-up.
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“For the foregoing reasons, the Court finds that Defendants’ actions taken to shut down USAID on an accelerated basis, including its apparent decision to permanently close USAID headquarters without the approval of a duly appointed USAID Officer, likely violate the United States Constitution in multiple ways, and that these actions harmed not only Plaintiffs, but also the public interest, because they deprived the public’s elected representatives in Congress of their constitutional authority to decide whether, when, and how close down an agency created by Congress,” Chuang wrote in his opinion.
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