The three-judge panel found the Trump administration is likely to show that DOGE's involvement doesn't violate the Constitution. The appeals court blocked a ruling from U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland, who found that DOGE’s actions violated the appointments clause.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday temporarily paused a sweeping ruling that had dealt a major blow to the Department of Government Efficiency, which a lower court found had likely acted unconstitutionally in attempting to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development.