Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote that the Department of Government Efficiency serves as an advisory body in the executive branch and isn’t an agency.
The mural, painted by local high school students, features sunbeams shining down on a mountain range of doughnuts, muffins, cinnamon rolls, and other treats.
The appeals court’s majority said the union had failed to show that it would suffer the type of irreparable harm that would justify the preliminary injunction.
The administration argued the pandemic-era grants were no longer needed while plaintiff states argued that the cuts were illegal and hurt public health.