Posted on 06/24/2018 7:29:23 AM PDT by mandaladon
The latest resistance plan against President Donald Trump's 2020 election campaign includes attempts in at least 25 states to pass a law that requires presidential candidates to release their tax returns to appear on the ballot.
President Trump is the only modern-day president to refuse to release his personal tax returns, so conceivably a law passed to require that could block him from the ballot. The issue with that trolling plan is no state has been able to officially pass a law requiring it.
Even deep blue California and New Jersey have vetoed the laws after it had passed both state chambers, but both Rhode Island and Maryland are currently working such a law in their state Houses after passing it in their Senate chambers, according to Axios.
Former Gov. Chris Christie, D-N.J., had called the attempt in his state a "transparent political stunt" in vetoing the law, while Gov. Jerry Brown, D-Calif., said it "sets a 'slippery slope' precedent for what individuals states could require of candidates," per Axios.
Such laws might wind up being battled in the Supreme Court, too, because they might not be constitutional. The top U.S. court has ruled in the past states nor the federal government can create new requirements for House or Senate candidates, AP reports, which likely would extend to the head of the executive branch, too.
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Good point, but “Bill of Attainder” is clear as day. No weaseling on that one.
5.56mm
They do have the power to determine how their electoral votes are awarded though, don't they.
you do realize trump said he would release them after the audit. I don’t give a rats ass if he does, except he said he would.
I am not comparing them. You are. Obama is a criminal and fraud. Trump said he would do something and he isn’t doing it. I except more from Trump. I know what Obama is. Is that comparison enough with you. Is it ok for trump to lie to get off the hook because he’s our guy? i say no.
They have no Constitutional authority to keep Trump off the ballot.
If they succeed, it will be the trigger.
Or publish with all the amounts redacted. Like the DOJ does with their docs.
you’re spinning. When trump ran, he was not president. So his returns in question were already at the IRS. he was pressured to show them and he gave in. Now he is dancing away from his word and you are an apologist.
You’re looking a relative flyspeck issue set up to distract from the real issues. Seems like you have an agenda.
truth is my agenda what’s yours
Supposedly Mueller is after the truth, too.
and?
I doubt it would survive the court challenges.
Better yet, a digitized, photoshopped tax return.
And Harvey Milk, unindicted pedophile, is put on a Postal stamp, and given a State holiday.
“And Harvey Milk, unindicted pedophile, is put on a Postal stamp, and given a State holiday.”
I’ve come to the conclusion that our country would have been way, way better off if DiFi had been visiting with Harvey and George, when Dan White “came calling with his pistol!
Such a law would probably only be valid if requiring the same to apply TO *ALL* OFFICES in coming elections, state and federal (and maybe local?) AND SO would likely hurt/damage so many dodgy politicians (particularly democrats).
If ANYONE agreed with your interpretation, it would have been used against Trump already.
And you’re not allowed to write-in a candidate’s name?
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