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Supreme Court — Trump’s Position Loses; Trump wins

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...

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Supreme Court and Trump’s Financial Records

As I noted on Friday, the Supreme Court is nearing the end of its terms and has, at least, two opinion days for this week.  Whether the two days will see all of the opinions or some will be issued after the Independence Day celebrations remains to be seen.

While there are many cases that will have impact long after this year, five cases (representing four argument slots) could directly impact this election.  Two of them — the Faithless Elector cases — are about the election itself.  But the other three — involving the Trump financial records — could shape the campaign.

While, technically, there are three cases, the Supreme Court consolidated argument on the two cases involving subpoenas issued by Congressional committees and are likely to issue one opinion on those two cases.  The other case involves a state grand jury subpoena and will probably result in a separate opinion. Continue Reading...

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