re: Republicans Should Subpoena the Tax Returns of Every Supreme Court Justice

Where’s his birth certificate?

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I know it would never happen, but running for office is not a right. Kind of like showing your driver's license to drive of course the family is more passengers in the car. I get that.

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Yeah but you don’t give up your rights when a family member runs.

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"I can see a situation in which the House or the Senate decides that it must have access to all of the justices' tax and financial records each year to determine if they're influences in any way to write the decisions they write or vote the way they vote on numerous cases.

"The justices will not be able to argue that they are immune as a matter of separation of powers as they just shot down that argument as applies to the president."

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I don't think Mark Levin knows what he's talking about, here. SCOTUS specifically held--in a 7-2 opinion--exactly the opposite of what Levin said they did. SCOTUS declined to uphold the lower courts' orders that Trump must comply with the subpoenas issued by Congress. SCOTUS then held that, because the lower courts failed to consider the implications of the "separation of powers," the lower courts' orders are to be vacated and sent the case back to the district courts for those courts to reconsider that very issue.

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When Congress seeks information “needed for intelligent legislative action,” it “unquestionably” remains “the duty of all citizens to cooperate.” Watkins, 354 U. S., at 187 (emphasis added). Congressional subpoenas for information from the President, however, implicate special concerns regarding the separation of powers. The courts below did not take adequate account of those concerns. The judgments of the Courts of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit and the Second Circuit are vacated, and the cases are remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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SCOTUS did not "shoot down" any argument related to separation of powers.

It should happen to everyone in higher gov't "service".

However, do you think they are dumb enough to put income from Communist China $100,000 in their tax returns? They have to run it through a legit business.

Biden will not even release his SENATE RECORDS that are held at the University of Delaware.

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If any member of the SCOTUS is being investigated by multiple jurisdictions then I support this as well

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So all that's needed is a few conservative DAs to open investigations and all good?

Every elected official and judge having to release their finances is better than term limits.

Levin is being disingenuous. The decision had to do whether or not the tax returns could be subpoenaed in an official established investigation. Vance as DA for Manhattan can issue a subpoena. Trump and his lawyers can move to quash them or say that as POTUS he does not have to turn the requested docs until after his term. This gets kicked back to the district level and it starts all over again.

If I were Trump, I would spike Vance and release the info online in pdf format over Labor Day Weekend and not say a word. It would make the evidence very compromised.

Maybe Levin is alluding to the law that is on the books since the 30's that says the Chairman of Ways and Means can subpoena ANY taxpayer's returns for any reason irrespective of whether there is pertinent pending legislation.

The law is much like the Logan Act in that its hardly ever been used. The question would hinge on whether the legislative branch can intrude on the Executive in that manner which it should not be able to.

At a bare minimum on the NYC thing, if Trump does have to turn them over, Vance's office shoul be estopped from publishing the information or sharing it with Congress.

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I think this opens the door for every elected official and those appointed by them. What am I missing?

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What needs to be found is not in tax-returns, it's in the financial statements of friends and family.

Isn’t the notion of politicians opening their tax returns to the public a recent( 1970’’s) development?
Are they required by law?