President Donald Trump suffered a massive loss in the Supreme Court on Thursday when seven of the nine Justices ruled that he must turn over his taxes to New York investigators. And, predictably, he’s throwing a tantrum about it on Twitter.
It had been feared that the conservative majority would help Trump hide his taxes. But both of Trump’s appointees to the high court, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, joined the majority opinion.
In the ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts made it clear that presidents are not above the law.
Justice Roberts: “We reaffirm that principle today and hold that the President is neither absolutely immune from state criminal subpoenas seeking his private papers nor entitled to a heightened standard of need.”
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) July 9, 2020
However, the Court did block Congress from getting Trump’s taxes for the time being, which is ridiculous because Congress has the legal authority to request Trump’s taxes by law.
Nevertheless, Trump still lost his sh*t over the ruling.
The Supreme Court sends case back to Lower Court, arguments to continue. This is all a political prosecution. I won the Mueller Witch Hunt, and others, and now I have to keep fighting in a politically corrupt New York. Not fair to this Presidency or Administration!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2020
Courts in the past have given “broad deference”. BUT NOT ME!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2020
He then proceeded to whine about how federal officials and law enforcement haven’t taken his false accusations against former President Obama seriously and claimed that the Supreme Court would have never made this ruling against another president.
….Won all against the Federal Government and the Democrats send everything to politically corrupt New York, which is falling apart with everyone leaving, to give it a second, third and fourth try. Now the Supreme Court gives a delay ruling that they would never have given…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2020
….for another President. This is about PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT. We catch the other side SPYING on my campaign, the biggest political crime and scandal in U.S. history, and NOTHING HAPPENS. But despite this, I have done more than any President in history in first 3 1/2 years!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2020
No, Donald. This is the “law and order” you have repeatedly claimed to support. You just don’t like it because you’re the one who has to obey it this time.
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