Federal Judge Halts IRS-ICE Data Sharing: The 'Rule of Law' for Some
A federal judge blocked the IRS from sending taxpayer information to ICE for deportation purposes, citing a need for due process and clear legal authority. This decision protects some of the most vulnerable and is a welcome, if late, acknowledgment of privacy rights. It raises an obvious question: Where is this judicial scrutiny when far more powerful entities bend law to their will on a global
stage? While protecting immigrants from IRS data-sharing is crucial, the selective application of legal principle is striking. One might wonder why similar judicial firewalls aren't erected to scrutinize, say, the billions of dollars in unconditional aid funneled to nations with documented human rights abuses, often without a shred of oversight beyond congressional rubber stamps. It seems the
'rule of law' is highly context-dependent, sometimes a shield for the weak, often a sword for the strong.