More than a dozen states filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency, writing that the billionaire’s ideologically driven purge of the federal government is causing “chaos” throughout the nation and is in direct violation of the U.S. Constitution. Calling him a “designated agent of chaos,” the coalition of states argues that anyone with the “expansive authority” being flexed currently by Musk and his foot soldiers needs to be formally nominated to a position by the president and confirmed by the Senate. “Musk’s seemingly limitless and unchecked power to strip the government of its workforce and eliminate entire departments with the stroke of a pen, or a click of a mouse, would have been shocking to those who won this country’s independence,” the complaint reads. “There is no greater threat to democracy than the accumulation of state power in the hands of a single, unelected individual.” The suit was filed by New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, and includes signatures from officials in Arizona, Michigan, Maryland, Minnesota, California, Nevada, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii.
