I will have further details on what the Supreme Court held about Trump’s taxes when I have a chance to digest everything from yesterday.  But in practical terms, there are two ways to view the decision.

On the one hand, Trump’s current arguments were soundly rejected by a 7-2 vote in both cases.  The president is not above the law and has to respond to proper subpoenas (with some caveats about the needs of courts to consider the burden on the presidency and the necessity of the subpoena).

On the other hand, Trump’s tax returns are still secret for the next several months.  In all of the cases, as I feared, the Supreme Court sent the case back to the lower courts to take another look at the motions to quash in light of the Supreme Court’s instructions. Continue Reading...