Weekly civic intelligence report · v2.2
The Supreme Court kept DOGE records blocked in a watchdog group's challenge, preventing full disclosure of the efficiency department's operations. This decision limits transparency regarding DOGE activities.
Supreme Court blocking DOGE records involves transparency concerns (rule_of_law:3.5, corruption:3, separation:3) but mechanism is norm_erosion_only with narrow population impact. A-score 14.42 below 25 threshold. B-score 23.66 driven by DOGE novelty and media interest but also below 25. The procedural nature of records blocking, combined with norm_erosion_only mechanism and narrow affected population (watchdog group), indicates this is primarily noise - a transparency dispute without direct constitutional mechanism or broad impact. D-score of -9.24 shows slight hype tilt but both scores too low for classification.
Monitor for: (1) actual DOGE operational decisions that affect broader populations, (2) pattern of similar transparency blocks across agencies, (3) substantive constitutional challenges to DOGE authority rather than records access. Current event is procedural noise unless it reveals systematic obstruction pattern.