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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThey're going to pull a Scalia
5-4 to keep them sealed.
"Releasing trump's tax returns would be unfair to his presidency, but this ruling applies to this one case only and is not to be used as a precedent."
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They're going to pull a Scalia (Original Post)
Goodheart
May 2020
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octoberlib
(14,971 posts)1. I don't know. George Conway doesn't seem to think so.
Link to tweet
The Supreme Court granted President Clintons petition for certiorari to hear the Paula Jones case, then ruled against him 9-0. Similarly, Trump will likely lose the Manhattan DA case by a lopsided vote given what we heard today. Hell probably lose the ...
... House subpoena case today, although he may get a couple of more votes in that one.
Link to tweet
Carey Dunne, NYDAs General Counsel, did a spectacular job on the grand jury case in SCOTUS today. He was helpful to every justice, precise, candid, accurate, & provided the strongest possible defensible arguments for NY against Trump. Id give him an A or A+, very rare for me.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)2. I had the same thought...
one time only, get out of jail card.
Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)4. Whatever happens, the records will not be released before the election.
mitch96
(13,895 posts)5. " records will not be released before the election."
And after the swearing in of the new prez in 253 days the State of NY will nail his ass to the wall... but who is counting...
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greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)6. Agreed
The conservative court members are a joke, an absolute joke. They are not going to make a fair ruling.
Celerity
(43,340 posts)7. 'applies to this one case only and is not to be used as a precedent'
it will stand until they can fuck over a Dem POTUS, especially if Trump is elected and takes the court to 7-2 or even 8-1 (If Sotomayor's bad chronic diabete does her in) hard RW (and for the RW cherry on the cake, replace an ageing Thomas with a 40-something RWNJ)