The Supreme Court said Friday it will hear President Trump’s appeal and decide whether the Constitution shields his tax returns and business records from being released to House Democrats and New York prosecutors. The court’s action sets the stage for a politically-charged decision next year, just as Trump campaigns for reelection.
If the justices uphold the congressional subpoenas, Trump’s tax returns and other financial records could be turned over by the summer. However, if the high court rules for Trump, he could continue his reelection campaign without having to disclose private financial details that most other presidential aspirants have, including the amount and sources of his income, taxes he has paid and business dealings of the Trump Organization.
This is bad news for Democrats (and others) who were hoping to force the President to hand over his tax returns and other financial records. The problem here is that much of this is a fishing exhibition. In most cases there isn't anything "specific" that anyone appears to be looking for. But rather they just want to have a look see to make determination if there is something there that could be considered embarrassing or a political liability. (If Trump was actually breaking the law, the IRS, the SEC, or many other organizations would have likely uncovered it by now).
This most certainly puts a hold on things till at least this summer, and possibly longer. Oh, and there is likely a better than average chance that the USSC will side with the President here.
I will say that the New York Prosecutor portion of this case comes as somewhat of a surprise. Not because I have any sort of expertise on this subject, but rather because some of the more neutral legal pundits that I follow believed that New York would likely avoid this going to the USSC as they are arguing that this is a "State" rather than "Federal" issue. But I suppose there is always an argument that if a State has laws in place that would be considered unconstitutional at a Federal level, then those laws would be unconstitutional in general.
Either way, the entire concept of Trump's financial records being released is now on hold. Or at least until some Obama District Judge ignores the USSC and demands that they be turned over in spite of the USSC stay.
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Justices Will Hear Trump Tax Return Case
December 13, 2019 at 4:44 pm EST
Wall Street Journal:
“The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider President Trump’s legal efforts to block congressional and criminal subpoenas seeking access to his financial records, in a trio of blockbuster cases that could have lasting implications for the presidency.”
Associated Press:
“The justices are poised to issue decisions in June, amid Trump’s bid for a second term. Rulings against the president could result in the quick release of personal financial information that Trump has sought strenuously to keep private. The court also will decide whether the Manhattan district attorney can obtain eight years of Trump’s tax returns as part of an ongoing criminal investigation.”
We're about to see whether Congress has unlimited power to snoop into anyone's private affairs or whether that are bound by the 4th and 5th amendment against unreasonable search and seizures,
Anyway I think arguing executive privilege is a loser, the 4th and 5th amendment arguments are compelling.
the left won't rest until they destroy the constitutional rights of every republican and conservative and libertarian in America.
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If McConnell continues to collude and four R's do not defect to demand a real trial with witnesses then peaceful, mass protest is in order. This should not stand.
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well toots,
if this is the part of the show where the cold civil war turns to hot, and you might want to re-think this a little, but if you insist, then count me in.
seriously.
it's not my desired path, but i certainly won't shrink from it either.
let 'er rip, tater chip.
Say When!
oh Joe say it ain't so.
"Joe Biden’s son Hunter was arrested on Jersey Shore drug charges in 1988 and had his record expunged at a time when his father was pushing for the incarceration of drug offenders drawn disproportionately from minority groups."
(AP) — The Supreme Court said Friday it will hear President Donald Trump's pleas to keep his tax, bank and financial records private, a major confrontation between the president and Congress that also could affect the 2020 presidential campaign.
Arguments will take place in late March, and the justices are poised to issue decisions in June as Trump is campaigning for a second term. Rulings against the president could result in the quick release of personal financial information that Trump has sought strenuously to keep private. The court also will decide whether the Manhattan district attorney can obtain eight years of Trump's tax returns as part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
The subpoenas are separate from the ongoing impeachment proceedings against Trump, headed for a vote in the full House next week. Indeed, it's almost certain the court won't hear the cases until after a Senate trial over whether to remove Trump has ended.
Trump sued to prevent banks and accounting firms from complying with subpoenas for his records from three committees of the House of Representatives and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.
In three separate cases, he has so far lost at every step, but the records have not been turned over pending a final court ruling. Now it will be up to a court that includes two Trump appointees, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, to decide in a case with significant implications reagrding a president's power to refuse a formal request from Congress.
Trump attorney Jay Sekulow released a statement saying: “We are pleased that the Supreme Court granted review of the President’s three pending cases. These cases raise significant constitutional issues. We look forward to presenting our written and oral arguments.“
In two earlier cases over presidential power, the justices acted unanimously in requiring President Richard Nixon to turn over White House tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor and in allowing a sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton to go forward. In those cases, three Nixon appointees and two Clinton appointees, respectively, voted against the president who chose them for the high court.
Personally I don't think that this will go well for the President. Ptecidnt suggests that the President will not win this decision.
Alky is too stupid on every single subject.
Everything the Socialist do is wrong.
"‘Let the election decide,’” she said Monday. “That dangerous position only adds to the urgency of our action, because POTUS is jeopardizing the integrity of the 2020 elections.’”
Her version of Fuck the US Citizens that freely vote.
Roger Amick April 26, 2017 at 9:58 AM
"Six figure income on defined benefits"
Tell us how you ended up homeless, evicted, suicidal and clinically Depressed ?
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Another pleasant Saturday morning to you all, dear readers (and really, thank you all for reading — more on that below). I’m Paul Thornton, and it is Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. Let’s take a look back at the week in Opinion.
Last week, the impeachment of President Donald Trump was still largely an exercise in sober testimony contrasted with partisan theatrics whose terms had yet to be defined precisely. The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board, which had previously expressed support for an inquiry but not yet articles of impeachment, abandoned its judicious position of “wait and see” and declared it was persuaded enough by the evidence to support making Trump the third president in history to be impeached by the House.
https://latimes.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f089ecc9238c5ee13b8e5f471&id=1e5554dd2f&e=70574968c4
Finally, we continue to believe that the House should consider an article of impeachment addressing the actions Trump took to thwart or hobble special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation. Mueller did not conclude that Trump committed obstruction of justice, but neither did he exonerate the president. Atty. Gen. William Barr and then-Deputy Atty. Gen. Rod Rosenstein subsequently concluded that the evidence developed by Mueller was “not sufficient to establish that the president committed an obstruction-of-justice offense.” But in deciding whether Trump’s attempted interference amounted to an impeachable offense, Congress could well come to a different conclusion. And the allegation that Trump obstructed justice in the Mueller investigation involves the same sort of disrespect for legal norms as his defiant actions toward Congress’ inquiry into the Ukraine matter.
Trump’s defenders argue that the evidence against him on Ukraine is incomplete and thus inconclusive. They’re correct that some potentially important witnesses — including acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, who reportedly put the hold on the Ukrainian aid, and former national security advisor John Bolton, who reportedly objected to the efforts to persuade Ukraine to conduct the investigations — haven’t testified. But that is because Trump has objected to such testimony. Delaying impeachment because of no-show witnesses would reward Trump’s obstructionism.
Besides, as the president himself tweeted on Thursday: “If you are going to impeach me, do it now, fast, so we can have a fair trial in the Senate, and so that our country can get back to business.”
Holding the president accountable for gross abuse of power is the business of Congress. The House should get on with that business by writing articles of impeachment that make it clear to the Senate — and the American people — why the extraordinary remedy of impeachment is necessary. And Republicans who complain that the process is partisan could easily rectify that situation by abandoning their lockstep loyalty to Trump and looking at the facts.
Tell us how you ended up homeless, evicted, suicidal
Maybe you can tell us why you are such a worthless piece of shit busy body and lower???????BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!! You need a new goat to fuck.....LOLOLOLOL!!!
"Joe Biden’s son Hunter was arrested on Jersey Shore drug charges in 1988
Isn't that the same year Max Gaitz was arrested for DUI????
Nixon's tapes were Whitehouse property not his own. Trump's personal tax returns, like yours and mine, are his own.
Ptecidnt suggests that the President will not win this decision.
i'm just gonna leave this right here.
Fucking
Boneheaded
Imbeciles
FBI agents who investigated the Trump campaign’s possible ties to Russia did not know at the time that dossier author Christopher Steele was working for a Russian oligarch.
FBI and Justice Department officials told the DOJ inspector general that the information was significant to Crossfire Hurricane, the name of the Trump-Russia probe.
Steele worked for lawyers for Oleg Deripaska, a billionaire aluminum magnate.
Stuart Evans, a DOJ attorney, told the IG that government officials would have “wanted to dive into” the Steele-Deripaska links had they known about it during the investigation.
The FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane team turned over every rock to find out whether members of the Trump campaign were working with Russians in 2016, but failed to discover that Christopher Steele, the FBI’s primary source for claims of a Trump-Russia conspiracy, was himself working for a Russian oligarch, according to the Justice Department inspector general’s report.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/12/13/christopher-steele-russian-oligarch-fbi/
https://dailycaller.com/2019/12/13/christopher-steele-russian-oligarch-fbi/
Fucking idiot posting another opinion piece that aligns with his fucked up world vies..........>BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! What is truly funny....asshole....again you prove you know SHIT!!!!!!
aid...
Nixon's tapes were Whitehouse property not his own.
Which is not what the Scotus determined....you really should look shit up before making yourself looking dumber than the goat fucking asshole!!!!!!!!
Roger Amick April 26, 2017 at 9:58 AM
"Six figure income on defined benefits"
Tell us how you ended up homeless, evicted, suicidal and clinically Depressed ?
During your rapid decline your wife kicked you to the gutter and your Cadillac was repoed.
And the idiot goat fucking kansan posts the same thing a second time expecting something to change.....which is the first sign of mental retardation!!!!!......BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! You burn a tree for christ.....dumb fuck
What is you life line goat fucker.....still hanging onto your dead parents corpse??????? Unemployed with no talent is the reason the government has programs for losers like you!!!!!!
Roger friended me on Facebook.
He posted everything there. His decline is of his own doing.
Friended you????????BWWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! IOW's My useless life revolves around being stupid....on Facebook.....and I thought goat fucker was as low as you could go!!!!! BTW.....I note again you didn't answer.....LOLOLOL
My useless life revolves around being stupid" Denny, direct qoute
😂🤣😃😄
"The cost of imports from China fell again and they’ve declined 1.7% in the past year."
Trump Winning over China and saving US Consumers cash.
Trump's appeal to the Supreme Court puts emphasis on the fact that he still refuses to do what so many presidents and presidential candidates before him have done:
VOLUNTARILY release their tax returns for public scrutiny to show they have nothing to hide.
What part of "none of your damn business" don't you understand.
That's easy.
The part in which it is only someone as corrupt as Trump who says it.
He doesn't let people testify.
He doesn't release his tax returns.
What is he hiding?
So Jame why don't you post your tax returns here for everybody to see.
Or does someone as corrupt and perverted as you have something to hide,
LOL
I suggest that all of us here who are running for president should definitely post our returns for everyone to see.
You should post your returns because to do otherwise would mean you're a hypocrite.
But we knew that already.
Blogger Commonsense said...
You should post your returns
I am sure he would if he was running for POTUS>>...wonder why trump is hiding his??????? From congress and the SDNY??????
The rest of the words the goat fucker conventiantly omitted because it would prove his post to be BS!!!!!!!!
The cost of imports from China fell again and they've declined 1.7% in the past year. These price changes don't reflect U.S. tariffs that are applied at ports of entry.
The small decline indicates Chinese suppliers haven't cut prices very much in response to U.S. sanctions.
I am sure he would if he was running for POTUS>>...wonder why trump is hiding his???????
Because running for president doesn't mean you give up your civil rights.
Idiot!
ecause running for president doesn't mean you give up your civil rights.
BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! I guess living in a bubble and in public view is a civil right also!!!!! Still you don't answer why he is hiding his returns as all others have!!!!! What is he hiding from the people who pay his salary??????
Because running for president doesn't mean you give up your civil rights.
Of course not. But for a long time all candidates for president except Trump have been helpful and transparent with voters by voluntarily sharing their tax returns.
Yawn, so what. Because Trump didn't it is now a crime?
Jane , You do know you are a fucking shit eating monkey.
A complement,
coming from you who called President Obama "a black monkey in the White House" and his wife "a cheap Chicago whore."
CONTRARY TO GOP PROPAGANDA,
China’s Hard-Liners Win a Round in Trump’s Trade Deal
New York Times:
“The White House called the deal a win. It said China had agreed to buy large quantities of American agricultural goods, giving farmers hit by the trade war some needed relief. It also means the United States economy will not suffer from new tariffs threatened for Sunday on Chinese-made goods that Americans love to buy, like toys and smartphones.
“But the deal may be seen by Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, and his hard-line supporters as vindication of the intransigent stance they have taken since the spring, when a previous pact struck by Chinese moderates fell apart. Since then, China has asked that even a partial deal include tariff rollbacks. American officials resisted, debated, then relented."
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"We can wait him out," Chinese officials earlier confidently and correctly predicted.
Roger , Pres. Trump is helping you.
He has approved the Suicide Hot line the proposed number just for you is "988".
I will be up and running by Nov. 4th, 2020 .
The Three Socialist Stooges of CHT are Openly Backing China in the Trade deal.
China is a huge buddy of Creepy Joe.
I'm certainly not backing China. Just pointing out how they played Trump.
Your uneducated and ill informed opinion is noted.
Jane, I looked up your article. please explain why you wrote:
"Chinese officials earlier confidently and correctly predicted."
It does not appear in the Article.
Pederast Trump sold rice to China that like selling ice to Eskimo’s
Blogger KansasDemocrat said...
Your uneducated and ill informed opinion is noted.
Yes it is goat fucker....your ill educated and trump slurping bias is always ignored......especially when you cherry pick words from articles that you don't link because you lie!!!!!!!
The goat fucker said he will be up and using the suicide hot line
uicide Hot line the proposed number just for you is "988".
I will be up and running by Nov. 4th, 2020 .
BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
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