November 22, 2019

CA Scotus Shoots Down Tax Return Law

Timothy Birdnow

The California Supreme Court has ruled a law passed in the cuckoo state making presidential candidates turn over their tax returns unconstitutional.

It should come as no surprise that this law is unconstitutional. What is surprising is that California's Court overturned it.

From the Fox article:

The California Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a state law that would have required President Trump to release his tax returns in order to appear on the state’s primary ballot.
 
 

Justices in Sacramento said that the law – which required all candidates for president and governor to submit five years’ worth of personal income tax returns in order to be included on primary ballots – was unconstitutional.

"Whatever authority the Legislature may have in defining how presidential primaries are to occur in this state, the challenged sections of the act exceed such authority and are unenforceable,” California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye wrote in the opinion.

Amazing; there is some sanity left in government there.

Tax returns are absolutely private and can only be compelled to be released in matters involving criminal charges. The Supreme Court has been quite clear on that.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at 09:41 AM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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1 It's about freakin' time. This was only ever about getting one specific candidate. Do you think for one minute they'd pull the same thing on Creepy Joe Biden, as crooked as he is? Or Bernie "Joe Stalin" Sanders? Not bloody likely, sez Yours Truly!

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at November 22, 2019 11:05 AM (05Pmo)

2 "Tax returns are absolutely private and can only be compelled to be released in matters involving criminal charges."
That's irrelevant. The qualifications and requirements for POTUS are spelled out in the US constitution and may not be enhanced by some fatheaded grandiose idiotic state. (Or anybody else, actually.)

Posted by: Bill H at November 23, 2019 01:11 AM (vMiSr)

3 Excellent point Bill! There is nothing about tax returns in the Constitution.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at November 23, 2019 09:40 AM (vFfyV)

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