SpaceX logo and Elon Musk silhouette are seen in this illustration taken, December 19, 2022. U.S. District Judge Rolando Olvera in Brownsville, Texas said in a written order late Wednesday that administrative judges at the Justice Department who hear cases involving anti-immigrant bias were not properly appointed. Olvera blocked the department's case, which was filed in August, from moving forward pending the outcome of SpaceX's September lawsuit claiming the administrative case violates the U.S. Constitution. The Justice Department and SpaceX did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Thursday. In its lawsuit, the company claims that administrative judges are appointed by the U.S. attorney general but have powers that should be reserved only for officials appointed by the president.

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Persons: Dado Ruvic, Elon, Rolando Olvera, Olvera, Musk, Daniel Wiessner, Jan Harvey Organizations: SpaceX, Elon, REUTERS, U.S . Department of Justice, U.S, District, Justice Department, . Constitution, The Justice Department, U.S . Senate, Thomson Locations: U.S, Brownsville , Texas, ., Albany , New York