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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsToday we will see how badly the Supreme Court has been damaged
I see today's decision on Rumpty's tax returns as a good indicator how badly Republicans have managed to damage the Supreme Court with their less than stellar appointments. Conservative appointees to the Court are supposedly opposed to legislating from the bench.
If that is true, then I don't see why they even agreed to hear the case.
Perhaps the recent news about the Chief Justice being hospitalized for a head injury is just a set up Rump/Barr's plan to ignore today's decision?
duforsure
(11,885 posts)He'll try something else, ignoring the court, or handing over doctored tax returns. I doubt this will end today . Trump will be even more corrupt if they protect this criminal. Either way trump will still try to hurt them one way or another, even with suggestive threats. He likes doing that to people to intimidate them .
dalton99a
(81,677 posts)"How many soldiers does the Supreme Court have?" is his attitude
EarlG
(21,985 posts)The ruling involves his accounting firm, not Trump directly. If the SC rules against him, the accounting firm has to turn over the returns to Congress.
Im not feeling too confident that the SC will rule against Trump though.
uponit7771
(90,370 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,294 posts)The precedents of US vs Nixon (Waterate tapes) and Clinton vs Jones should result in a win for Congress regarding Trump's tax returns, but I suspect Roberts doesn't want to rule for Trump or against Congress.
edhopper
(33,652 posts)don't seem to matter to at least 4 of the Justices.