Justices May Soon Decide Trump Tax Return Case

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Justices May Soon Decide Trump Tax Return Case

June 21, 2020 at 4:06 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 0 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/06/21/justices-may-soon-decide-trump-tax-return-case/

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The Supreme Court will decide as soon as this week whether Trump’s accountants must turn his financial records and tax returns over to House Democrats and New York prosecutors investigating hush money payments, CNN reports.

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[leftieNanner]

1. Keeping fingers and toes crossed

That SCOTUS actually believes that the President is not above the law.

Wouldn't this just be the cherry on top of the sundae after this past week?

[Nevilledog]

2. oh please oh please oh please

This is a big one.

[Wounded Bear]

3. The idea that this is even worthy of deliberation just floors me...

Public servants give up much of their privacy when they are elected and sworn in. It HAS to work that way in a democracy. It just has to. The inability to probe the financials of public servants is the road to corruption.

Follow the Money.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. That would be the icing on the cake.

[Pachamama]

5. I only see two outcomes coming soon with this ruling:

Scary and terrifying

If the SCOTUS rules against Trump and consistent with all the lower court rulings and says that the tax returns must be released, I see a very scary response from Trump and worse than anything we have seen so far and going Fascist overtime. We all need to be ready for what scary shit he will do.

If the SCOTUS rules in his favor and contrary to the lower court rulings and says his taxes don’t have to be released, I see a terrifying response and future ahead from Trump and he will go full Fascist and basically know he is Emperor and can do ANYTHING he wants. Our Constitution and Democracy are done. Have a plan B and realize it’s over and he isn’t leaving. Be prepared for things only seen in Authoritarian Dictatorships and countries like Russia, China, N Korea, Nazi Germany shit.

[gratuitous]

6. The statute isn't discretionary

If Congress requests tax returns from the IRS Commissioner, the statute doesn't say the Commissioner will turn over the returns if he feels like it or he can refuse if he thinks the request is motivated by politics or anything else. The statute says the Commissioner shall turn over the requested returns. I don't think even the Supreme Court can carve out any wiggle room for Trump or his accountants.

[Wounded Bear]

7. As I said in reply #3 above...

the idea that this is even worthy of deliberation is mind boggling to me.

[jorgevlorgan]

9. it's insane. it is almost like they are rewriting the constitution

If they vote in favor of trump. Also those arguments in behalf of trump are absolutely inane and void of reason.

[LastDemocratInSC]

11. We'll see just how textualist the textualists are.

[jorgevlorgan]

8. Robert's will be the swing vote on this

Hope he stays within the trend of the last couple cases, and on the side of the constitution (more so than the others in this case).

[Wounded Bear]

15. This should be a 9-0 slam dunk...

[jorgevlorgan]

16. the constitution lays it out very clearly.

Amazing anybody could think otherwise.

[Wounded Bear]

17. And as pointed out above, the law is very simple and direct...

Treasury shall release tax records upon request by Congress. No room for interpretation there.

[jorgevlorgan]

18. they would be opening a whole new weird ass can of beans

...if they say otherwise.

[jalan48]

10. Is the Democratic Party request tied to the impeachment hearings?

[Wounded Bear]

13. No, which is why they left emoluments out of the impeachment inquiry...

this is about oversight and writing legislation regarding how tax law affects presidential candidates.

Also about the emoluments lawsuits pending against DT Enterprises.

[jalan48]

14. Thanks for this info. I was concerned the Court would dismiss any case tied to the Impeachment

Hearing since it had ended. This is great news and hopefully we wii get a good decision.

[UTUSN]

12. K&R