Elon Musk said Thursday that the U.S. DOGE Service he is overseeing aims to cut $1 trillion in federal spending per year - an amount he said won’t harm services even though it represents about half of what the government spends outside of Social Security, health care and interest on the debt.

The ruling from a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a lower-court judge’s injunction that had temporarily blocked Musk and DOGE from playing any role

A three-judge panel of the Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that a Maryland federal court judge was wrong to conclude that Musk and DOGE likely violated the U.S. Constitution in dismantling the agency.