Posted on 03/17/2019 3:49:48 AM PDT by Libloather
Washington's state Senate passed a bill this week that would drop President Trump from the state's 2020 presidential ballot until he releases his tax returns.
The bill, which advanced Tuesday to the state's House of Representatives, according to CBS News, would require any candidate on the ballot for president in the state to release five years of tax returns before appearing in a general or primary election.
Senators voted by a 28-21 margin to approve the bill, according to CBS. The state's attorney general and solicitor told lawmakers in a letter this week that the proposal likely was constitutional, but analysts expect the law if passed to be challenged in federal court.
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You missed all the Internet stuff like Facebook, Google searches, etc.
How long would this last in the Federal courts?
If this is constitutional then any state could take anyone they disliked off the ballot.....these Libs a very stupid.
Its a real shame whats happened to the Leftist Coast.
I got a call one time from a recruiter about an engineering job in Seattle. I told him I would have to pass. When he asked why, I told him that I would probably get arrested for urinating on that statue.
Yup, just a Marxist purity test.
Federal Election is Federal Rules.
That was a mistake - the statue gets watered often at least when I lived near there 15 years ago. Fremont was a hippy and bum hangout.
There’s a lot going on in that picture. You have Taco Del Mar, with ‘rippin tacos’, Doric (Masonic) Lodge, a Subaru AND a Saab.
As long as Neto has to release all of his poetry collection. :-)
*Beto
Ugh.......NO!
Is it constitutional?................
On the surface, to me, it would seem unconstitutional as it is not a specified requirement for eligibility. If this were enforced, it would amount to one state unilaterally amending the Constitution.
Unconstitutional.
The states cannot add to the constitutional eligibility to be elected president.
Must be white; must be male; must be from Virginia; must be married to a woman; must own land; must file a 1040 long form; must be 45 (not 35) and so on. All unconstitutional.
What amazes me is that these senators, who swore an oath to uphold the constitution, could so flagrantly violate their oath without repercussions.
And I thought the Russians would be interfering in elections. /s
It’s right there in the constitution /s
“No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States AND to release five years of tax returns before appearing in a general or primary election.
Back in the 60s Seattle was a beautiful and pleasing area to live... then the Beatles screwed it all up.
No
Good call.
Exactly. They learned nothing from #MeToo. They come up with all this crap designed specifically to take out Trump and they're the ones that get destroyed with the blowback. I can see it now. President Trump will release his returns showing his taxes are clean as a whistle while the Democrats on the ballot are exposed as a bunch of tax cheats.
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