1. There is question of legal authority for the executive branch to be doing what it is doing.These departments were established by acts of congress and an act

1. There is question of legal authority for the executive branch to be doing what it is doing.These departments were established by acts of congress and an act of congress would need to shut them down. What DOGE is doing is by passing congress and de facto shutting them down by not letting them operate. Eventually the courts will probably catch up and and say DOGE has to stop doing X,Y, and Z, but in the short-term they are taking advantage. 2. It is of legal question whether Musk should have been confirmed by congress given the the access and power he is wielding. Yes, Trump was democratically elected and yes, Musk was appointed, but democracy requires the rule of law to be followed or the whole thing starts to fall apart.