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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums231 year old law should compel Mnuchin to hand over Trump taxes
and anything else from Treasury. It was passed by the original Congress in 1789 so is 100% constitutional.
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231 year old law should compel Mnuchin to hand over Trump taxes (Original Post)
NewJeffCT
May 2020
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Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)1. Laws are for losers
and POC
Vogon_Glory
(9,117 posts)2. Darn those Founding Fathers!
Could it be that the knee-britches and wig-wearing set had it in for the MAGA Messiah?
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)3. what do they know
about original intent compared to Alito, Thomas, Gorusch, Roberts and Kavanaugh?
spanone
(135,823 posts)4. Laws don't apply to republicon presidents
Ferryboat
(922 posts)5. This is Big
Munchkin would have a hard time justifying not following this law. Sure to end up before the supreme court who also have a difficult time justifying their stance if they chose to ignore it.
Given yesterday's arguments in Trump's tax issues I'm sure they will give it their best shot at twisting it around.
Bayard
(22,059 posts)6. I found more info....
the article is linked in my OP above, but the direct link is helpful