Fourteen states led by New Mexico sued the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, on Thursday challenging the alleged “unlawful delegation of executive power to Elon Musk” they say has unraveled federal agencies and “caused widespread disruption”—as criticism of Elon Musk’s increasingly powerful agency builds.

A trickle of lawsuits against Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency have become a flood. Fourteen states filed suit in federal court on Thursday, accusing President Donald Trump of illegally delegating executive powers to Musk in violation of the Appointments Clause of the U.

Elon Musk is facing the most direct legal challenge to date over the role he’s assumed in the US government, with Democratic state officials and federal employees claiming that President Donald Trump has unconstitutionally delegated vast powers to the billionaire.