The left has recently panicked that Government Efficiency (DOGE) has gained access to federal databases. However, they are completely satisfied to enable career bureaucrats to gather such information from Americans. For example, when Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), there were no major protests. This is a law that requires owners of almost every registered business in a state to report their personal information to federal officials for collection in large databases.
Such a database has already proven that it invites hacking and abuse from actors that are far more sinister than Doge. last year, Chinese The state-sponsored hackers violated the Ministry of Finance’s Computer Security Guardrail Bureau. In 2016, hackers entered the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Electronic Data Collection, Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR) to process over 1.7 million e-returns per year and “traded with at least 157 revenue releases” and to enrich more than $4 million. In 2018, hackers violated 60 million records of US service user account details. And in 2015, hacker In 2015, it stole personal information from the Human Resources Bureau of 21.5 million current and former federal employees. A 2011 Tricare violation compromised medical information for 4.6 million active duty veterans, veterans and their families. The extremely instability of such federal databases did not stop the SEC from taking part in the action, creating an equally vulnerable integrated audit trail (CAT) to unconstitutional compilation of the personal information of Americans investing in the stock market.
The Constitution grants only the federal government limited, particularly enumerated powers. The remaining authority is granted to the state. One of the federal government’s enumerated powers is to regulate interstate commercial transactions. The original meaning of the clause is clear. Commerce meant trade, and state meant the state. A broader reading consistently continues to turn much of the rest of the Constitution, including the 10th Amendment, into its head. Similarly, the original meaning of necessary and appropriate provisions only conveys to the Congress the authority to carry out any already granted authority.
The CTA regulates non-commercial, fully competing activities incorporated under state law. Therefore, the enumerated powers do not support CTAs. The CTA also violates the Constitutional letters, namely the First and Fourth Amendments, by undermining the anonymous association and requiring potentially millions of Americans to disclose personal information if there is no suspected warrant or criminal activity. The CTA and other vast government databases (like the cat mentioned above) are attempting to further expand the scope of the federal government beyond constitutional limits and infringe state privileges.
The future of the CTA is uncertain and faces challenges across all three branches of the federal government. First, it faces a lawsuit that challenges its legality. Amicas Easy To advance American freedom and our 43 cosiners Texas Top Cup Shop V. Bondythe Fifth Circuit urges CTAs to control unconstitutional data collection.
Second, the Trump administration has announced that it will not enforce reporting requirements for CTAs. As the president’s core responsibility is to enforce constitutional law, carrying out the execution of CTAs is justified by pending its constitutionality lawsuit.
Finally, “Abolishing Brother Overreach Act” by Republican Ohio Rep. Warren Davidson and Republican Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville will abolish the CTA. The state’s 20 state-level secretaries wrote to the president, urging them to repeal the law and sign the Davidson and Tuberville bills. The CTA is finally getting attention from the right government officials. Protecting the privacy of American personal information from the government’s praising eyes is an essential component of freedom. The anger of our government officials over that invasion of freedom should be consistent, whether carried out by Doge or Big Brother.
Mark Wheat is the general advisor to advance American freedom.
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