Summary
Judge Paul Engelmayer issued a temporary restraining order blocking unauthorized access to Treasury data, requiring background checks before handling sensitive information.
The ruling delays data access for less than a week, but Trump, Musk, and their allies claim it’s judicial overreach.
The Privacy Act of 1974 and other laws back the decision, preventing breaches of personal data.
Critics argue the administration’s response seeks to delegitimize judicial oversight and justify ignoring court orders, as part of a broader push to erode constitutional checks on executive power.
The judiciary’s last gasp of relevance gets smothered by sovereign whim. A seven-day pause on handing taxpayer data to Musk’s goblin interns is framed as judicial overreach—because due process is just bureaucratic drag when you’re building a surveillance panopticon between ketamine benders.
Observing statutes from the pre-lolitarian era? How quaint. The Privacy Act exists solely as a speed bump for those who still believe in paperwork over power.
Hypocrisy’s the new consistency. Biden’s lawful loan adjustments were “tyranny,” but bypassing security protocols to feed raw SSNs into an AI training set is national greatness. The Fourth Branch now answers to vibes-based constitutionalism.
Exit strategy: encrypt your life, barter in Monero, and treat every subpoena as a burn notice.