A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a group of veterans and labor unions were not entitled to a preliminary injunction that would have blocked DOGE access to their sensitive personal records.

In addition to the Office of Personnel Management's systems, the court allowed DOGE to have continued access to those maintained by the departments of Treasury and Education. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned a lower court’s injunction that initially blocked DOGE’s access.

The decision follows the Supreme Court's June ruling holding that Tennessee’s similar ban did not discriminate based on sex or transgender status.

On Tuesday, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld Arkansas’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter.