New judge modifies the restraining order against Treasury leadership

Stated that political appointees who are Senate confirmed (such as the Secretary of Treasury) can have access but still denies that any other appointees can have access

There is already some back and forth from legal experts who are trying to figure out what exactly this means. While the senior leadership of the Treasury department can now have access to the data, apparently the court is still limiting the choices leadership can make in how to access it.

Quite obviously the Secretary of the Treasury wants the information in question to be gathered by the members of DOGE and most legal experts believe this should be the Secretary's decision (rather than a judge's decision). There is nothing in either the constitution or the law that forbids any Cabinet member from creating and filling positions of accountability and to provide them with access to what they need. Nor is there anything in the constitution or the law that distinguishes between Senate confirmed political appointees and other political appoints as it pertains to what sort jobs they can do.

While the Treasury department might have certain internal policies restricting data access, those policies are created and subject to change by the politically appointed leadership. Clearly the Senate confirmed political appointees have made their intentions clear. Not sure why anyone would think that these policies are either implemented or policed by the courts.

From a practical standpoint, the members of DOGE are currently working "with" the rank and file treasury workers and being given certain information by proxy (rather than being given direct access). How I might read "access" is being able to sign onto a system and "access" data directly. I do not believe providing a report from someone who "has access" is prohibited by this sort of order. At this point is there really anything that would prevent a Senate confirmed political appointee to sit down at his desk and have both a treasury employee and DOGE employee sit with them as they "access" it, basically telling them what to do and where to go? I am sure this would create even more confusion to how the restraining order his written, which is to say this restraining order is silly.