How Will The Supreme Court Rule In The Battle Over Trump's Tax Returns?
#SCOTUSlinkoftheday: @ameliatd offers a quick and dirty primer on how #SCOTUS may handle the presidents separate legal battles with New York state prosecutors and House Democrats over whether eight years of his tax returns must be released"
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Aristus
(66,328 posts)can circumvent the financial disclosure tradition? Does he really want every succeeding President to be in the pay of foreign elements?
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,435 posts)Aristus
(66,328 posts)The 1780's had no less subversion than today. How could the Founding Fathers not see the dangers in having a Presidential candidate in the pay of a hostile power?
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,435 posts)Aristus
(66,328 posts)Still, I'm curious what John Roberts will do. Does he have enough self-respect to want to be remembered as a sober, careful, impartial jurist? Or is he content being a toady to the Republicans?
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Is that a trick question? He's a Russiapublican; of course he's content being a toady.
Aristus
(66,328 posts)I wonder if it was an anomaly or a predictor of future behavior...
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)The law requires the Department of Treasury to hand them over on demand to Congress, for a legitimate investigation. Unambiguous.
However, I assume SCROTUS will ignore the law and the Constitution, and rule that no Russiapublican has to obey the law. Laws are for Democrats, silly!
brooklynite
(94,527 posts)...on the other hand, he doesn't want to "create laws". If there's a legal basis for either claim, I suspect he'll accept them.
FWIW - Neither claim will result in the legal public release of Trump's taxes (absent as evidence in criminal trial), nor should they.
BigDemVoter
(4,150 posts)And there are 5 of them.