Three weeks into a new administration. And now the focus turns from the commander-in-chief

to the courts. Let's talk about why. I'm Jenna, and this is smarter news.

22 days and counting. That's the number of days into the new Trump administration. And we're doing a

mini law and order segment today for you because the news really warrants it. One of the

fundamental questions of the last three weeks is the following. How much power does the

department of government efficiency truly have? And that's something the courts are currently tackling.

And here's just one case in particular involving Doge and the Treasury

Department. About 10 days into the new administration, the Treasury Department did something new.

It allowed special government employees access to its central payment system. This includes

payment records to federal agencies like wages for federal employees, VA benefits, social security,

you get it.

Shortly after this became public, though, 19 states joined together and filed a lawsuit arguing that essentially Doge should not have this access.

More specifically, that the access granted to these special government employees violates

existing law.

And on this past Saturday, a judge issued a temporary timeout to examine this case.

And this means that for now, Doge can't access this information. The judge said he had concerns

about security. Elon Musk clearly disagrees. He's arguing that the only way to root out waste is to

actually see how this money is being spent.

So now on this coming Friday, the judge may issue a ruling that could shut down access to

Doge completely or perhaps allow it or maybe wind up somewhere in between.

But no matter the outcome this week, we do expect this argument to be ongoing and there to be an appeal process,

you know, several rounds of legal arguments. And eventually we may get more insight as to what

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