Supreme Court smacks Trump: How does it make sense that the Legislature has a right to any president's tax records?

American Thinker ^ | 11/24/2022 | David Zukerman

[SeekAndFind]

During my junior year in college, 1960–1961, I took the Constitutional Law course given by Dean Leonard W. Levy, one of the country's foremost con law scholars. In addition to his immense store of knowledge, he acknowledged the wisdom of common sense, noting that the response to Supreme Court decisions may depend on whose ox is gored. And he advised his students, in writing papers, "Strike while the iron is hot."

This New York Times headline, the lead story for November 23, has gotten my iron hot — and dander up. The print edition headline for the story:"JUSTICES DECIDE / AGAINST TRUMP / ON TAX RETURNS."  These four words appear below: "WIN FOR HOUSE PANEL." (Here is the headline for the online version.)

This is to suggest that the justices decided not merely "against Trump," but for oppressive, unlimited government.

Did the Supreme Court merely decide against former president Trump, or did the justices decide against due process, legislative legitimacy, regular order in the House of Representatives, indeed, the Constitution itself?  Clearly, and in weeks, months, and years to come, the American spirit of liberty will lead most observers to reflect that the justices did not only decide "against Trump," but also rule in favor of an irresponsible, totalitarian government.

Invoking Dean Levy's recognition that a vital element of con law is common sense — Occam's Razor, if you will — was the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States "against Trump" based on a palpable fear that adherence to the Constitution's separation of powers principle would send radical, protesting mobs to the homes of the justices over the Thanksgiving Day weekend? Has the rule of law become tempered by fear of a mob that will not be thwarted by leftist officials?

[Revolutionary]

Expect this to boomerang big time on the democrats. Later to be fixed by legislation when Trump is back in office.

[WASCWatch]

Bad decision, but a GOP majority in the House will be able to go after the Biden Family’s tax returns and records. Same for Comey, Wray, Garland, Fauci, Pelosi, Schumer, Mc Connell, McCarthy, and a whole host of other corrupt government officials.

In the meantime, Trump has 30 days to file a motion to reconsider, that takes him to just before the Christmas break, the another few days for the SCOTUS to respond. They will obviously rule against him.

By the time all these procedural steps are taken, there should be only 6-7 days before the GOP takes over the House.

At that point, Trump will need several weeks to assemble all the documents. There is no requirement that he submit the records in an easy-to-use format. He could toss them into several cotton cotton bags that somehow get caught in the rain.

It will take time for the State of New York and the IRS to assemble them. Also, who on the Jan 6 committee knows the tax laws better than Trumps tax attorneys and CPAs?

This ruling is a big nothingburger

[Aeneas2112]

In other words, we like the SCOTUS when we agree with their rulings and consider them black-robed tyrants when we don’t like their rulings.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: In other words, we like the SCOTUS when we agree with their rulings and consider them black-robed tyrants when we don’t like their rulings.

Be that as it may, that should NOT be the reason why we like or dislike their rulings. It has to be made on the basis of REASON and LAW.