A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) likely exercised unconstitutional authority “in multiple ways” in dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Maryland-based Judge Theodore D. Chuang issued an injunction Tuesday in response to a lawsuit brought by former USAID employees and contractors, who argued Musk’s takeover of USAID—whose functions the Trump administration has largely shut down—was unconstitutional,