Crypto: Musk’s X Appeals to Supreme Court

Elon Musk’s X Challenges Legality of IRS Data Requests

• X, formerly Twitter, filed a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court questioning “John Doe” data requests.
• The brief supports James Harper, who has been in a legal battle with the IRS since 2020.
• Harper’s case involves the IRS obtaining three years of transaction records from Coinbase.
• The argument centers on the Fourth Amendment, protecting against unreasonable searches.
• The brief challenges the “third-party doctrine,” allowing government access to third-party records without a warrant.

X’s legal challenge questions whether Fourth Amendment protections allow warrantless searches of customer records held by third parties, emphasizing privacy and ownership issues. The Supreme Court has not yet agreed to hear Harper’s case.