Trump asks Supreme Court to overrule previous ruling, grant DOGE access to social security data

The Trump administration has appealed to the US Supreme Court to grant Elon Musk's department access to confidential Social Security data, which could impact the privacy of millions of citizens.

US President Donald Trump is currently challenging a lower federal court ruling that prohibits the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from having full access to personal information held in the Social Security Administration (SSA) database, Caliber.Az reports citing Bloomberg.

In that same ruling, US District Judge Ellen Lipton also ordered those affiliated with DOGE to “destroy and delete” any data they had already obtained.

The US government argued on May 2 that the Supreme Court should overturn the Baltimore judge’s ruling and restore DOGE’s access while the Department of Justice pursues an appeal. Musk’s team is seeking access to the data as part of President Donald Trump’s initiative to identify inefficient federal spending.

The lower court rulings have, for over a month, obstructed the administration’s efforts to implement key policy goals in one of the major federal agencies, wrote John Sauer, the lead attorney for the federal government, in an emergency filing.

The disputed data includes social security numbers that are equivalent to citizen ID numbers in other countries, which give access to addresses, birth and marriage certificates, tax and earnings records, employment history, and bank and credit card information.

By Nazrin Sadigova