Omaha man first in Nebraska to file federal lawsuit challenging legality of DOGE

[cigaretteman]

An Omaha man is the first in the state to file a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency.

In the form lawsuit filed earlier this week in the U.S. District Court of Nebraska in Omaha, Sean M. Hill III named DOGE, Elon Musk, who is running it, and Vivek Ramaswamy, the former co-chair, as well as President Donald Trump and the directors of the Offices of Management and Budget and Personnel Management.
Hill, who is representing himself and asked the court to waive the filing fee, said he has “significant interest in the integrity and legitimacy of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and in preventing the proposal or enactment of any policies that would adversely affect government accountability or transparency.”


In the lawsuit, Hill asked a Nebraska judge to declare that DOGE is an advisory committee subject to the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and has violated the act, and to find that it “is not properly constituted and any report or recommendation does not reflect the views of a lawfully constituted advisory committee.”

Omaha man first in Nebraska to file federal lawsuit challenging legality of DOGE

An Omaha man is the first in the state to file a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the newly formed DOGE.

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[yrunvs]

Cleaning up the insane liberal mess.

 

[Aardvark86]

An Omaha man is the first in the state to file a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency.

In the form lawsuit filed earlier this week in the U.S. District Court of Nebraska in Omaha, Sean M. Hill III named DOGE, Elon Musk, who is running it, and Vivek Ramaswamy, the former co-chair, as well as President Donald Trump and the directors of the Offices of Management and Budget and Personnel Management.
Hill, who is representing himself and asked the court to waive the filing fee, said he has “significant interest in the integrity and legitimacy of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and in preventing the proposal or enactment of any policies that would adversely affect government accountability or transparency.”


In the lawsuit, Hill asked a Nebraska judge to declare that DOGE is an advisory committee subject to the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and has violated the act, and to find that it “is not properly constituted and any report or recommendation does not reflect the views of a lawfully constituted advisory committee.”

Omaha man first in Nebraska to file federal lawsuit challenging legality of DOGE

An Omaha man is the first in the state to file a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the newly formed DOGE.

omaha.com

While I'm not going to dig up the complaint for a pro se 'form lawsuit' (whatever that is), from the characterization, I suspect Mr. Hill is going to have a fairly large standing problem.

 

[gohawks50]

While I'm not going to dig up the complaint for a pro se 'form lawsuit' (whatever that is), from the characterization, I suspect Mr. Hill is going to have a fairly large standing problem.

Why wouldn't he have standing as an American citizen? Doesn't the government work for us?

 

[Aardvark86]

Why wouldn't he have standing as an American citizen? Doesn't the government work for us?

Nope. Standing requires a much more particularized, actual injury causally related to the challenged conduct. There is no recognized concept of generalized "citizen standing". (To be clear, maybe he's actually articulated such a theory of injury, but the characterization in the article ain't gonna cut it.)

 

[Scruddy]

Won't go anywhere

 

[Aardvark86]

Won't go anywhere

BTW, separate and aside from the merits here, there is a certain comedic aspect that I hope we can all recognize associated with a headline that trumpets "First in Nebraska"...

 

[abby97]

The Federal Government is 37 trillion dollars in debt and we have an annualized deficit of around 2 trillion. In the not too distant future, we will be paying more in interest on that debt that what we spend on national defense. How in the world do the people objecting to what DOGE is doing, expect to get out of this mess if we don't make substantial cuts? Don't you think we need to cut every possible expenditure possible before looking at Medicare and SS? Some of the current spending is pure fraud and waste, what do these people expect?

 

[lucas80]

The Federal Government is 37 trillion dollars in debt and we have an annualized deficit of around 2 trillion. In the not too distant future, we will be paying more in interest on that debt that what we spend on national defense. How in the world do the people objecting to what DOGE is doing, expect to get out of this mess if we don't make substantial cuts? Don't you think we need to cut every possible expenditure possible before looking at Medicare and SS? Some of the current spending is pure fraud and waste, what do these people expect?

Because it's a s**t show. Eloon hasn't taken the microscope to any of his contracts, and the terminations are without vision. It's grudge settling. We have a revenue problem. Slashing the IRS workforce just creates more incentive for the fraud you claim to be against.

 

[abby97]

Because it's a s**t show. Eloon hasn't taken the microscope to any of his contracts, and the terminations are without vision. It's grudge settling. We have a revenue problem. Slashing the IRS workforce just creates more incentive for the fraud you claim to be against.

That's where you and I disagree, I don't want to pay another single penny until all the waste is gone........

 

[Tom Paris]

Cleaning up the insane liberal mess.

Who added 25% of all the debt during the 4 years he was in office again? Refresh my memory.

 

[uihawk82]

An Omaha man is the first in the state to file a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency.

In the form lawsuit filed earlier this week in the U.S. District Court of Nebraska in Omaha, Sean M. Hill III named DOGE, Elon Musk, who is running it, and Vivek Ramaswamy, the former co-chair, as well as President Donald Trump and the directors of the Offices of Management and Budget and Personnel Management.
Hill, who is representing himself and asked the court to waive the filing fee, said he has “significant interest in the integrity and legitimacy of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and in preventing the proposal or enactment of any policies that would adversely affect government accountability or transparency.”


In the lawsuit, Hill asked a Nebraska judge to declare that DOGE is an advisory committee subject to the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and has violated the act, and to find that it “is not properly constituted and any report or recommendation does not reflect the views of a lawfully constituted advisory committee.”

Omaha man first in Nebraska to file federal lawsuit challenging legality of DOGE

An Omaha man is the first in the state to file a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the newly formed DOGE.

omaha.com

I was hoping citizens would do this and perhaps a class action suit of citizens suing based on their data becoming insecure etc.

 

[Aardvark86]

I was hoping citizens would do this and perhaps a class action suit of citizens suing based on their data becoming insecure etc.

honestly, unless you have a group of people that have actually suffered individual financial damage (e.g., say a group of fired employees), a class action against the government doesn't really make a whole lot of sense. what you probably 'really' want for generalized grievances like this is simply an injunction, which doesn't require a class. for example, some might equate "class action" with 'punitive damages', but those aren't available against the government.

 

[abby97]

Who added 25% of all the debt during the 4 years he was in office again? Refresh my memory.

placing blame will go a long way to fixing the problem, thanks for your help.

 

[littlez]

Won't go anywhere

Are you a lawyer? Oh, that’s right, just Harvard educated. But unwilling to show us your papers.

 

[Scruddy]

Are you a lawyer? Oh, that’s right, just Harvard educated. But unwilling to show us your papers.

The actual lawyer already weighed in on this thread, comrade

"Show me your papers" is a racist dog whistle btw. Please aim to be better 🙏

 

[Here_4_a_Day]

An Omaha man is the first in the state to file a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency.

In the form lawsuit filed earlier this week in the U.S. District Court of Nebraska in Omaha, Sean M. Hill III named DOGE, Elon Musk, who is running it, and Vivek Ramaswamy, the former co-chair, as well as President Donald Trump and the directors of the Offices of Management and Budget and Personnel Management.
Hill, who is representing himself and asked the court to waive the filing fee, said he has “significant interest in the integrity and legitimacy of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and in preventing the proposal or enactment of any policies that would adversely affect government accountability or transparency.”


In the lawsuit, Hill asked a Nebraska judge to declare that DOGE is an advisory committee subject to the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and has violated the act, and to find that it “is not properly constituted and any report or recommendation does not reflect the views of a lawfully constituted advisory committee.”

Omaha man first in Nebraska to file federal lawsuit challenging legality of DOGE

An Omaha man is the first in the state to file a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the newly formed DOGE.

omaha.com

What a beta phag!

 

[RicoSuave102954]

An Omaha man is the first in the state to file a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency.

In the form lawsuit filed earlier this week in the U.S. District Court of Nebraska in Omaha, Sean M. Hill III named DOGE, Elon Musk, who is running it, and Vivek Ramaswamy, the former co-chair, as well as President Donald Trump and the directors of the Offices of Management and Budget and Personnel Management.
Hill, who is representing himself and asked the court to waive the filing fee, said he has “significant interest in the integrity and legitimacy of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and in preventing the proposal or enactment of any policies that would adversely affect government accountability or transparency.”


In the lawsuit, Hill asked a Nebraska judge to declare that DOGE is an advisory committee subject to the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and has violated the act, and to find that it “is not properly constituted and any report or recommendation does not reflect the views of a lawfully constituted advisory committee.”

Omaha man first in Nebraska to file federal lawsuit challenging legality of DOGE

An Omaha man is the first in the state to file a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the newly formed DOGE.

omaha.com

LOL - He can't even afford the filing fee - a regular Johnnie Cochran

 

[littlez]

The actual lawyer already weighed in on this thread, comrade

"Show me your papers" is a racist dog whistle btw. Please aim to be better 🙏

I love how you’ve created your total anonymous internet persona. Well, I went to Harvard, kind of, but not really. Go Trump!

 

[Tom Paris]

placing blame will go a long way to fixing the problem, thanks for your help.

Coming from you this is jaw dropping hilarious.

 

[theiacowtipper]

That's where you and I disagree, I don't want to pay another single penny until all the waste is gone........

Perhaps I’ve missed it. Entirely possible. Has DOGE even glanced at the military? The single largest discretionary item in the budget?

This is why I know Trump isn’t serious about reducing the deficit. He wants to expand the already insane amount of defense spending and he wants to use the spending cuts to give a tax cut primarily to the wealthy.

He wants the veneer of spending cuts to enact a tax cut that primarily benefits the wealthy. He doesn’t care about the deficit. Since it wil be deficit neutral or worse, we just as well spend the money on people and actually make their lives a bit better.

 

[Scruddy]

I love how you’ve created your total anonymous internet persona. Well, I went to Harvard, kind of, but not really. Go Trump!

I really didn't find Harvard to be particularly impressive tbh

 

[Aardvark86]

I really didn't find Harvard to be particularly impressive tbh

...and if anything, there may be some who think less of you for going there.

 

[RicoSuave102954]

Perhaps I’ve missed it. Entirely possible. Has DOGE even glanced at the military? The single largest discretionary item in the budget?

This is why I know Trump isn’t serious about reducing the deficit. He wants to expand the already insane amount of defense spending and he wants to use the spending cuts to give a tax cut primarily to the wealthy.

He wants the veneer of spending cuts to enact a tax cut that primarily benefits the wealthy. He doesn’t care about the deficit. Since it wil be deficit neutral or worse, we just as well spend the money on people and actually make their lives a bit better.

Do you ever get tired of repeating the old party line of "tax cuts for the rich" have you stopped to look at how many millionaires there are that are leaders of the Democrat Party?

 

[theiacowtipper]

Do you ever get tired of repeating the old party line of "tax cuts for the rich" have you stopped to look at how many millionaires there are that are leaders of the Democrat Party?

I delayed a bit in answering you because I had to check my post about 5 times. The word “Democrat” or “Democratic” is present no where.

 

[RicoSuave102954]

I delayed a bit in answering you because I had to check my post about 5 times. The word “Democrat” or “Democratic” is present no where.

Nonetheless it is the Democrat rallying cry, and yes AOC, Schumer, Pelosi, and dozens of others have accumulated millions on a salary that would never allow them to accumulate that much wealth. How so then?