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The Velveteen Ocelot

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5. They have nothing to do with each other as to the law.

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2020, 01:33 PM

Jul 2020

This court's majority is protective of religious "freedom" (that is, the right of religious people to impose their beliefs on others), but that doesn't translate at all to an interpretation of the law that protects Fat Nixon's tax returns. We have already seen that sometimes in other cases they reach the right result, though maybe for the wrong reasons.

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With the lastest SCOTUS rulings, my expectations concerning the tax returns are [View all] Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 OP

Nah, we're due one soothsayer Jul 2020 #1

Nah, If We Were Going To Get One... jayfish Jul 2020 #4

Ha, the tax thing is 'little' soothsayer Jul 2020 #8

In Trumplandia... jayfish Jul 2020 #12

Today's decisions were both 7-2 Polybius Jul 2020 #2

5-4 in favor of DumDum COLGATE4 Jul 2020 #18

Why? PTWB Jul 2020 #3

This soothsayer Jul 2020 #6

I DID imply "latest" in my post. Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 #9

To me, latest would encompass the current court term. PTWB Jul 2020 #15

You have more faith in this current SCOTUS than I. Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 #16

They have nothing to do with each other as to the law. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #5

My money is on a 5-4 split berni_mccoy Jul 2020 #7

I think your money is safe. Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 #10

+1. Robers is a Republican, and he wants to be remembered as a good Republican. dalton99a Jul 2020 #11

I think the opposite. Roberts believes strongly in judicial precedent... cbdo2007 Jul 2020 #13

But he hit his head soothsayer Jul 2020 #19

lol touche' cbdo2007 Jul 2020 #21

I agree. His returns will not be released, even to Congress, until after the election. Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #14

I think they will rule on the tax returns being released. rump is SWBTATTReg Jul 2020 #17

UPDATE: Great news on the POS' tax returns. SWBTATTReg Jul 2020 #23

Agree!! Thekaspervote Jul 2020 #20

Agreed, FaC Senor Insomne Jul 2020 #22

Cheer up New York has copies. pwb Jul 2020 #24

I am happy to be wrong... Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 #25