Musk, Ramaswamy lay out plans for ‘mass’ federal layoffs, rule rollbacks under Trump

“The two of us will advise DOGE at every step to pursue three major kinds of reform: regulatory rescissions, administrative reductions and cost savings,” they wrote. “We will focus particularly on driving change through executive action based on existing legislation rather than by passing new laws.”

Musk and Ramaswamy pointed to several recent Supreme Court decisions that have taken aim at the power of the administrative state, arguing that a “plethora of current federal regulations” exceed agency authority and could be on the chopping block. https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5000448-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-government-efficiency/