"They simply assert that 'Organizational Plaintiffs and their members will suffer harms as a result of SSA’s illegal cuts,'' the judge said. "That is not enough."

The Trump administration secured a key victory in federal court this week as a judge allowed Elon Musk and DOGE to continue firing workers and closing down field offices at the Social Security Administration (SSA).

In a six-page memorandum opinion and order issued Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta, who was appointed by Barack Obama, denied a motion for a preliminary injunction brought by a coalition of nonprofits, along with a handful of individual Social Security beneficiaries, seeking to stop the government downsizing operations.

On April 2, the plaintiffs in the case sued DOGE, Musk, and Social Security Acting Commissioner Leland Dudek alleging various statutory and constitutional violations — including claims under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), the long-standing federal law that governs the actions of administrative agencies.