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jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 10:12 AM Dec 2019

Bizarre filing by Jesus in Trump v. Vance Supreme Court case (the NY state tax subpoena case)

The case in which the State of NY in the person of Cyrus Vance Jr. has subpoenaed the accounting firm Mazar's for Trumps tax records is rolling along, with the current docket looking like this:

Nov 14 2019 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 18, 2019)

Nov 21 2019 Brief of respondents Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., in his official capacity as district attorney of the County of New York,et al. in opposition filed.

Nov 21 2019 Waiver of right of respondent Mazars USA LLP to respond filed.

Nov 22 2019 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Nov 25 2019 Reply of petitioner Donald Trump filed.

Nov 25 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Christian Family Coalition (CFC) Florida, Inc. filed.

Nov 26 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2019.


So the petition for cert. (i.e. the argument about whether or not the Supreme Court should take up the case) will be considered on Friday. The related case involving Congress' request for the same materials is lagging slightly behind this one, so it's not clear whether they will combine the two. That would gain some efficiency, but since the Vance case involves a state investigation instead of a Congressional investigation, some of the issues are different.

The really weird thing, looking at this docket, is the amicus brief filed by the Christian Family Coalition (CFC) Florida, Inc..

Who knew that whether or not a state prosecutor should get his hands on a president's tax filings pursuant to a state criminal investigation was a topic that Jesus was particularly concerned about. Of course, who knew that Jesus had much to say on the subject of families in the first place, other than encouraging people to leave their families in order to follow him.

Be that as it may, far be it from me to argue with Jesus if he wants to have his representatives here on earth file a brief in this case which, in all its holy glory, is linked here:

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/19/19-635/123628/20191125173123759_19-635%20Amicus%20Brief%20Christian%20Family%20Coalition.pdf

The first bit of humor is in the section where they state their interest in the case:

Amicus is a non-profit corporation registered in Florida since 2003 as a human rights and social justice advocacy organization representing over 500,000 fair-minded voters in the Sunshine State. Amicus actively seeks to protect human rights and social justice in litigation and political forums. These values also are among the President’s responsibilities as Chief Executive and Commander-in-Chief under Article II of the Constitution. Amicus has an interest in this petition because the subpoena which is directed to the President and his business holdings is a wide-ranging fishing expedition which will seriously impair the Presidential function and office


Because, yeah, social justice organizations are typically concerned about impeding the office of the President. Mind you, this subpoena is directed to an accounting firm and requires NOTHING on the part of the president.

But let's get down to the meat of it. Why, Jesus, must we not subpoena the president's accountants?



And the LORD sayeth:

Respondent’s wide-ranging and blunderbuss criminal subpoena for virtually all the President’s private financial records and income-tax returns for the past 8 years poses a plausible risk of serious distraction from the President’s performance of his official duties and responsibilities. The likely distraction and diversion from the duties of Office are palpable and real. Article II of the Constitution commands that the subpoena be quashed.

The official duties and responsibilities of the President are daunting. Under Article II of the Constitution, the President is Commander-in-Chief of the nation’s armed forces, is responsible for their conduct everywhere in the world, is Chief Executive of the United States government, the nation’s representative to the rest of the world, the person responsible for choosing all major department heads and federal judges (subject to Senate approval), and the single person ultimately responsible for the functioning of the entire Executive Branch of Government.

The President has the nuclear-launch codes by his side 24/7, must be ready and focused at a moment’s notice to address any crisis at any time anywhere in the world and beyond, is on-call at 3:00 AM no less than 9-5, and requires a live-in office in the White House to discharge his official duties around the clock and around the world.


So, there you have it.

According to Jesus, you can't subpoena the president's accountants, because it will tucker him out and he might not be able to appoint a judge or launch nukes at 3 in the morning.

On edit: It gets better!

The lawyer who wrote this for the "Christian Family Coalition" sued his own brother!







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Bizarre filing by Jesus in Trump v. Vance Supreme Court case (the NY state tax subpoena case) (Original Post) jberryhill Dec 2019 OP
JFC UpInArms Dec 2019 #1
I added an update.... jberryhill Dec 2019 #2
I assume these CFC clowns are long-time Trumpies? lagomorph777 Dec 2019 #3
I would assume any "Christian Family" organization would be, yes jberryhill Dec 2019 #4
So now the President has to be above the law or he won't be treestar Dec 2019 #5
He might have to tweet something at a moment's notice jberryhill Dec 2019 #8
Reading the headline all I thought was, DVRacer Dec 2019 #6
...but do not render it to the NY AG's office. jberryhill Dec 2019 #7
It seems to have nothing at all to do with the case muriel_volestrangler Dec 2019 #9
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
2. I added an update....
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 10:35 AM
Dec 2019

The lawyer for the "Christian Family Coalition" once unsuccessfully sued his own brother!

treestar

(82,383 posts)
5. So now the President has to be above the law or he won't be
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 10:45 AM
Dec 2019

able to handle the "daunting" job description!

DVRacer

(707 posts)
6. Reading the headline all I thought was,
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 10:47 AM
Dec 2019

The the brief was going to read, “Render unto Ceaser that which is Ceaser’s”

muriel_volestrangler

(101,153 posts)
9. It seems to have nothing at all to do with the case
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 10:53 AM
Dec 2019

Can the court punish the lawyer for wasting their time? It's just a boilerplate attempt to win the OBN (Order of the Brown Nose).

Given the religious origin, it reminds me rather of this:



"Oh Lord,
Oh you are so big!
So absolutely huge!
Gosh we’re all really impressed down here I can tell you.
Forgive us oh Lord, for this our dreadful toadying
And bareface flattery,
But you’re so strong and well just so super!
Fantastic!"
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