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.
As if they would stop their coup just because a judge ordered it.
i kinda wonder what enforcement action if any they will take.
can they order the police to bowl up to the whitehouse and arrest trump for contempt of court?
there would defo be a messy firefight between the cops and the secret service. if the cops listened to the judges in the first place.
This could be the civil war the right has been going on about
They can send the federal marshalls which are under the direct command of the DOJ
Fun fact, check out what happened in South Korea with the President there recently. For more shock value, look at South Korea historically with their presidents. 😂
The problem there is I think the legislature there actually went against the President to stop him. In America the legislature is happy to go along with Trump.
Could they attempt to enforce it? Yes. Will they? No.
Yep, just like if you call the police on ICE to get off your private property.
Will they show up? Yes. Will they tell ICE they need to leave? Maybe. Will they arrest a federal agent and issue them a citation or jail them even if the law says they can? No lol.
They’ll probably help them oppress you, though.
Isn’t it already too late? Didn’t they already contaminated the data, and render security protocols unrecoverable?
Did you watch too many NCIS episodes?
No, the guy above you is right. It is very hard to be 100% sure stuff is secure after a breach like this.
They BETTER keep their Mouths SHUT! We ALL know what Happens when they DONT!
Nothing happens!
