Posted on 06/24/2018 7:29:23 AM PDT by mandaladon
The latest resistance plan against President Donald Trump's 2020 election campaign includes attempts in at least 25 states to pass a law that requires presidential candidates to release their tax returns to appear on the ballot.
President Trump is the only modern-day president to refuse to release his personal tax returns, so conceivably a law passed to require that could block him from the ballot. The issue with that trolling plan is no state has been able to officially pass a law requiring it.
Even deep blue California and New Jersey have vetoed the laws after it had passed both state chambers, but both Rhode Island and Maryland are currently working such a law in their state Houses after passing it in their Senate chambers, according to Axios.
Former Gov. Chris Christie, D-N.J., had called the attempt in his state a "transparent political stunt" in vetoing the law, while Gov. Jerry Brown, D-Calif., said it "sets a 'slippery slope' precedent for what individuals states could require of candidates," per Axios.
Such laws might wind up being battled in the Supreme Court, too, because they might not be constitutional. The top U.S. court has ruled in the past states nor the federal government can create new requirements for House or Senate candidates, AP reports, which likely would extend to the head of the executive branch, too.
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Too bad they didn’t think to ask for medical, school, birth, etc. records when Obama was running.
Trump should send them copies of his BC, Obama’s fake BC, and a note telling them to get bent.
Hmmmm. How would a Feinstein or a Pelosi or a Schumer react to being required to show where their millions came from on their congressional salaries at every election?
Yes, they have.
Nevertheless, such a requirement clearly violates the constitution as the eligibility prerequiste conditions for President are clear.
Is this everyone or just the GOP ,LOL
Section 1 of Article Two of the United States Constitution sets forth the eligibility requirements for serving as president of the United States: Didn’t see anything there about disclosing one’s tax returns. I’m just sayin’.
Trump could just put out a fake return like all the rest do.
The opening shot fired by the commie and Nazi “democrats” in Civil War Part Deux. You want to throw American into a bloody war? Go ahead and try this fascist bull****.
Democrat Party is anti-Democratic
Erick, it is inconceivable that you actually wrote such a moronic phrase. Didn't you learn ANYTHING in High School? Did you ever read Section 1 of Article Two of the United States Constitution?
Whoa, back up the turnip truck. I just checked and, sure enough, it's in the Constitution!! How did I miss that all these years?
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States and shall have released tax returns to the public.-- ARTICLE II, SECTION 1, CLAUSE 5
Well, guys and gals, we are done for. Pack up the tent, cash in your hands.
“The liberals have gone full circle insane...”
Yes they have. I’m sure this is unconstitutional but it would be interesting if the states that attempted were told that if passed, the USG will sever all financial ties with them. (Okay, I know it’s a stupid idea, but I can dream can’t I?)
Feinsteins luckiest day was when Dan White shot George Moscone and Harvey Milk. Took her from local bureaucrat to national scourge in moments
That doesn’t matter. Rule of law means nothing to the lawless.
Things will be tied up in Federal Court in front of leftist judges who will find a reason to delay and consider the issue, putting the burden of proof on the President to show why it is unconstitutional. Then one has to expend $$$ fighting 25 different battles.
That would have been racist. We still don’t know who 0bama is but we do know that the MSMLSD was able to go way back into Romney’s past when he was a bully in HS at 16.
That just seems to be unconstitutional, does it not?
And the spokelady of Liberals called us DEPLORABLES, what do you call this, besides a coup?
Never will we see that stuff! They are “special” and so much more equal that we will ever be...
They could just as easily say: To be on the ballot you must recite the Gettysburg Address from memory while standing in a washtub filled with water and goldfish.
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