The Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency has swept through federal agencies since Republican Donald Trump became president last month and put the chief executive of carmaker Tesla in charge of rooting out wasteful spending as part of Trump's dramatic overhaul of government, which included thousands of job cuts on Friday.
The judge said at a court hearing that she would not yet rule on a request from 19 Democratic state attorneys general for a longer-lasting preliminary injunction on DOGE's access to the systems.
The case by the attorneys general is one of at least 20 related to efforts to slash the size of the government. Around 70 lawsuits have been filed challenging Trump initiatives, from ending birthright citizenship to limiting federal funding for transgender health treatments, and many policies have been blocked by courts.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Musk and other Trump allies have called for judges to be impeached in response to rulings against his DOGE team, although the president said he would obey court orders.
U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss considered a request by the University of California Student Association to extend a temporary block on DOGE from accessing systems at the Department of Education, which the students said would violate privacy and administrative procedure laws.
The Trump administration has said that access is crucial to allow DOGE to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in student loan programs at a department that the president and Musk say should be eliminated.
U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington heard arguments by unions to prevent the DOGE team from accessing sensitive records at the Department of Health and Human Services, the Labor Department and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Bates did not say when he would rule.
At a hearing in that case on Friday, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington was skeptical of the states' request and Chutkan did not say when she would rule.
Most of Trump's initiatives that have been legally challenged have been blocked by the courts. Most of the cost-cutting campaign appears to be focused on programs opposed by political conservatives.
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