FREE REPUBLIC EXCLUSIVE: Justice Sotomayor slips up and says "WE are asking for his personal tax returns" in SCOTUS arguments on Trump tax case today

C-SPAN AUDIO FROM SCOTUS ^ | May 12, 2020 | Supreme Court Audio+Transcript

[nwrep]

In the Supreme Court Oral Argument on Congressional Subpoenas for President Trump's Financial Records broadcast live, Justice Sonya Sotomayor slipped up and said "WE" are asking for his personal tax returns", while questioning President Trump's lawyer Patrick Strawbridge. Her use of "WE" instead of referring properly to the Congressional subpoena showed her true colors.

Audio and transcript at 16:25 in the embedded video on the C-SPAN link.

[nwrep]

"PARDON, SIR. NOT PRESIDENTIAL FINANCES, WE ARE ASKING FOR HIS PERSONAL TAX RETURNS BEFORE HE BECAME PRESIDENT. THOSE ARE VERY DIFFERENT THINGS. AND WE ARE NOT ASKING HIM TO PRODUCE IT. SOME OF THE SUBPOENAS AS FAR BACK AS 1792 HAVE ASKED FOR PERSONAL PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENT WHILE BEING PRESIDENT. THIS IS BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. AND THEY ARE NOT HIS PAPERS IN THE SENSE OF HE'S NOT IN POSSESSION OF THEM. THESE ARE SUBPOENAS TO PRIVATE ENTITIES. "

[PGR88]

The Wise Latina.

[timestax]

bttt

[SteveH]

if true, recuse. immiediately.

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[EasySt]

Add her to the Obamagate Rico case, then send her to Gitmo with the rest.

[Magnum44]

Recuse Thyself!!!

[sauropod]

Is it possible to impeach a SC Justice?

[ptsal]

Partisan witch.

[Ouchthatonehurt]

Using the Majestic Plural there Sonia?
Or are you Plaintiff?

[be-baw]

All caps. Was that necessary? Did she scream it when she asked it?

[Psalm 73]

Thus out of a person’s mouth comes the contents of their heart.

[nwrep]

No, that is how SCOTUS transcripts are rendered.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Is it possible to impeach a SC Justice?

Yes, theoretically. But it's not bloody likely.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

People make verbal gaffes all the time. If it was President Trump and CNN was pounding that slip 24/7 you would probably think he was being treated unfairly, and you would be right. Between the fact that we don’t have our own version of CNN and she doesn’t have a history of similar remarks the odds of her one verbal mistake leading to a recusal are somewhere between zero and not a snowball’s chance

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Is it possible to impeach a SC Justice?

Samuel Chase.

[SpaceBar]

Sonya Sotomayor, attorney for the plaintiff.

[SaxxonWoods]

Telling but of no importance. The important thing is the eventual decision. We knew her vote from the beginning.

[seawolf101]

Wow I did not realize that AOC’s stupidity was contagious and spreading. Anybody that is anywhere near AOC needs to wear a Hazmat suit.

[outpostinmass2]

Why would “We” need to see his personal tax returns before he became President? Can the rest of us see your personal tax returns before you entered office?