Paul Adam Engelmayer is the judge who granted the temporary restraining order against Elon Musk. It is one of the most lunatic lawsuits and court orders this law graduate has ever seen.

Yesterday I reported that US President Donald Trump had responded swiftly and robustly to a Federal lawsuit and interim order in New York, restraining him from allowing Elon Musk and DOGE members access to US Treasury records. Now, as the court prepares to rule on Trump’s motion to overturn the order, the Democrats have already humiliatingly made a partial climbdown, agreeing to limit the scope of their order which was stopping technical support contractors having access to the systems. Sadly, in a spectacular return to delusional, anti-democratic form, they have then clarified they really do mean the US Treasury Secretary, appointed by the President, vetted and confirmed by the Senate, should not have access to the systems of his own department – an outrageous demand which appears to violate the US constitution and its provisions on separation of powers.

As Trump’s filings now point out, in negotiations the Democrats have agreed at a minimum, a modification to the restraining order. They concede they were blocking, “routine maintenance” “necessary to allow Treasury systems to operate”:

Trump’s lawyers, in legal filings, note the Democrats now agree to modify their order which was stopping technical contractors from routine maintenance of US Treasury systems, “such language is necessary to allow Treasury systems to operate without interruption”.

Democrats returned to form however, and continue to undermine democracy by arguing the Treasury Secretary should not be allowed access to his own department’s systems as set out in an extract from their filings here:

Democrats filing opposing Trump’s motion to overturn the restraining order confirms they really do mean they want to stop the US Treasury Secretary accessing Treasury systems.

Papers in this case are publicly available online here. Anyone who wishes to follow this darkly comic rape of the judicial system and US democracy by Democrat activists is encouraged to take a look for themselves.

Paul Adam Engelmayer is the judge who granted the temporary restraining order against Elon Musk. It is one of the most lunatic lawsuits and court orders this law graduate has ever seen.

Late on Friday it was reported that New York Federal District Judge Paul Adam Engelmayer had made a court order restraining Elon Musk and DOGE from access to US Treasury records, along with anyone other than vetted employees of the Bureau of Fiscal Services (excluding employees who are political appointees). This was based on a without-notice application  by 19 Democrat-run US States making histrionic allegations that DOGE was accessing the systems, “for the purpose of blocking federal funds from reaching beneficiaries who do not align with the President’s agenda”, a plainly counter-factual assertion when it is well known that DOGE only has access for the purpose of an audit. The bizarre order, which on a facial reading bars Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent from seeing his own department’s records appears to this UK law graduate to be totally unconstitutional. Trump’s lawyers have moved swiftly to seek the order be overturned and had a compelling emergency motion filed by Sunday. All the documents are on the public New York Court system: lunatic grounds for the Democrat injunction application [1], notice of motion to overturn by Trump lawyers [2], grounds for Trump application [3].

Readers will know I am qualified in UK law. I do not practice as a solicitor (attorney) but I have passed the exams and have a Master’s Degree in Law. I do help people in court pro-bono as a McKenzie Friend and I have been praised in Parliament and by judges for my legal skills assisting the vulnerable in legal cases and in court. For example, here is a link to the minutes of Parliament (Hansard) – a petition before Parliament about a case where I stopped a woman wrongly being declared mentally incapable. Part of my course work for my qualifications involved some American Federal Law. I have also successfully represented myself in libel and other High Court cases. Sometimes I read US case law for pure interest and entertainment.

I feel confident to say that Paul Engelmayer has made the most obviously unlawful injunction I have ever, ever seen. The whole Democrat case reads like the rantings of a raving lunatic. Neither the US Constitution nor statute make any meaningful distinction between political appointees and civil servants. Also, as Trump’s lawyers kindly point out the Treasury uses external IT contractors, appointed before Trump took office, to keep its systems running so they ask the court please vacate its order before they shut down the US financial system, or at least the Treasury.

An extract from President Trump’s urgent motion to overturn the New York restraining order points out the order bars external IT contractors from keeping US Treasury system running along with Federal Reserve Bank Employees who host Treasury systems on Federal Reserve Servers.

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