Posted on 04/30/2019 5:08:50 PM PDT by jazusamo
Democrats have redoubled their efforts to force President Trump to release his federal tax returns by threatening to keep him off the 2020 ballot in deep-blue states, to which he might say: So what?
Seventeen states have seen bills introduced this year that would require presidential candidates to turn over their tax returns as a condition for ballot access, and such measures have cleared one legislative chamber in at least four states.
For the Trump campaign, however, there may be worse fates than being left off the ballot in liberal enclaves like California, Hawaii and Illinois, where the mandatory tax-return bills are making headway, given that no Republican presidential contender is likely to prevail there.
“In theory, he [Trump] could really push this, and he could be disqualified from the state ballots, and it wouldn’t necessarily affect the Electoral College vote at all,” said University of Denver political science professor Seth Masket. “Because those were states he wasn’t going to win anyway.”
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Josh Blackman, associate professor at the South Texas College of Law, said the bills “are inconsistent with Supreme Court precedent.’
“As a general matter, states cannot impose additional requirements for federal officers,” Mr. Blackman said. “For example, states cannot impose term limits on members of Congress. Or require that the President be 40 years old, instead of 35, as the Constitution requires.”
The only way to mandate tax returns would be through a constitutional amendment to Article II, requiring ratification of three-fourths of the states, said Jenna Ellis, a fellow in constitutional law at the Centennial Institute.
“Neither Congress nor the state legislature can unilaterally add a requirement and bind the Electoral College,” said Ms. Ellis, a member of the Trump 2020 advisory board.
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release the names of the congressional sex offenders who’s infractions were hushed up by a $17 million dollar taxpayer fund.
OK,here’s the deal. We swap you Trump’s tax info for ALL OBOZO’S STILL SEALED RECORDS & TAX RETURNS + THOSE OF THE PELOSIS (PERSONAL & BUSINESS) + SCHUMER’S RETURNS & ACCESS TO THEIR NUMBERED SWISS ACCOUNTS + SAME DATA FOR ALL DEMOCRATS ON THE HILL!
(crickets)
The fun part is when you scroll down to (g), you find the president also can request tax returns. I bet Trump is waiting for a court to require the release, whereupon he will, on that ruling, request the returns of the offending representatives. Maybe also accoster’s and soros’ returns as well.
More traitors...they shoot horses don’t they?
I would add this observation, when this dragged into court...the judge is going to eventually ask if this rule is for all candidates (from dog-catcher on up through city council members, and the President’s office), and the answer is no. At that point, it’ll fail miserably.
On the other side of this...Trump could walk in with page 1 and 2 (the 1040 alone), and hand that over. It would suffice the rule, but give them very marginal and limited knowledge over the rest of his 250 page tax submission.
:)
Sometimes I’m not sure whether to add it or not.
It would affect the other races. The USSC would never allow it.
NO, pepsi! NOT ONE PAGE, not one dot of ink.
But I like your first thought, where they “fail miserably,” that is a nice ending.
Look at what they have done to me...I’m Cruella de Ville.
And I used to be such a nice person.
MAGA
The rats have managed to kill Trumps first term with all this garbage, coming up on 4 years, 4 YEARS!! does this not make you angry?
He should offer to trade his tax returns for a full accounting of the Clinton Foundation and the source of payment for the “dossier”.
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