The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to block court orders requiring Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to turn over documents about its operations to a government watchdog group.

The case raises fundamental questions about the power and transparency of an entity that has slashed agency budgets and government employees with unusual speed and that has inspired a wave of federal lawsuits against the Trump administration.

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to halt lower courts’ demands for depositions and discovery in a legal battle over Freedom of Information Requests for the Department of Government Efficiency.