I guess we’ll see how much the last two appointees think they owe him. Though I though the sound bites I heard today made it seem likely that he’ll be told to (ahem) cough up the records.
Nixon and Clinton were both ordered by UNANIMOUS Supreme Court decisions, including by judges they appointed, to comply with subpoenas.
They both claimed undue distraction from their presidential duties and, in both cases, the court rejected their argument.
And Nixon and Clinton were both the actual targets of subpoenas.
In the present cases, Trump is not the one being subpoenaed — his accountant and two of his banks are. There is no distraction to the president.
Chief Justice John Roberts keeps denying that the Court has become politicized.
Well, here is his chance to prove it.
If he makes an exception for Trump, who is not even the target of the subpoenas, that Nixon and Clinton were denied in UNANIMOUS rulings, Roberts will be proven to be 100% partisan.
No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man’s permission when we ask him to obey it. – President Theodore Roosevelt
Even if President Donald Trump shot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue, he could not be punished while he is in office, – Trump attorney William Consovoy.
His attorney says HE’S TOO BUSY WITH THE EPIDEMIC to have The Supreme Court bother him. Just like during the impeachment and he was golfing and holding rallies.
Equal justice under law.” I wonder how long it’s been since a majority of the court believed that? A more fitting motto for the court in recent years would be from Thucydides: “Justice, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power”. Those familiar with the text know what follows, but I suppose that would be be too blatant.
—) A little known fact thatijustmadeup is that Donald Trump is a dedicated cheese connoisseur. He is perhaps the cheesiest president we’ve ever had. His favorite cheeses, in alphabetical order, are: cheater, gorgon, hedamn, monster, and partisan. (He despises blue cheese.)
As shown in today’s cartoon, Trump is using a large cheese “trier” to remove a test core from the Supreme Court cheese. Is it yet rotten through? That is the effect he is striving to achieve. But it may take another four-year term before that happens.
He would actually like to end up with a variety of “casu marzu,” that is a Sicilian cheese in the extreme of decay, infested with live MAGAts. (—
Should the court find in Tяцmp☠’s favor, we will, at that point, cease to have a president. Rather, we’ll then have a king, an emperor, a generalissimo who is not only above and beyond the reach of the law, but is indeed lawless or a law unto himself.
So we will see.. yet again, how the highest court in the land is based on party affiliation.. and not that hallowed concept of the American Constitution or justice.
Of course, once he is out of office and we have a Democratic President, then HE or She can claim THE EXACT SAME POWERS as Hair Furor is trying to grab…
Trump has his rage tweets ready if Gorsuch and Kavanaugh don’t bow down and side with him. That’s why he, Moscow Mitch and the RepubliCONS put them there. It’s payback time.
In 2020 his lawyer is making nutty arguments in the Supreme Court trying to hide Trump’s taxes from everyone.
From the children in the republican concentration camps, to the republican federal government’s lack of leadership to protect the American people from disease,
have you ever seen anyone more disgusting than Trump?
Pundit Timothy L. O’Brien: Trump sued me for libel in 2006 for a biography I wrote, “TrumpNation,” claiming the book unfairly and intentionally misrepresented his track record as a businessman and lowballed the size of his fortune. The suit was dismissed in 2011. [note from Godfreydaniel: Of course, MOST of Trump’s nuisance lawsuits are dismissed, yet he keeps on being a damn nuisance!]During the course of the litigation, Trump resisted releasing his tax returns and other financial records. My lawyers got the returns, and while I can’t disclose specifics, I imagine that Trump is hesitant to release them now because they would reveal how robust his businesses actually are and shine a light on some of his foreign sources of income.Deutsche Bank AG, one of the firms Trump’s lawyers are trying to stifle in their arguments before the Supreme Court, also turned over documents in my case — including its own assessment of Trump’s wealth that pegged his fortune at $788 million in 2004, well below the $3 billion he told them he had at the time. Deutsche is the only major global bank to have continued doing business with Trump since the early 1990s and is conversant with his financial comings and goings since then. Mazars USA is Trump’s outside accounting firm. Trump’s lawyers will argue before the Supreme Court that it too shouldn’t comply with subpoena requests for documents. Mazars, which boasts a history ProPublica recently described as “colorful,” turned over documents in my litigation with Trump as well (through a predecessor company with which Mazars later merged). That trove included a financial statement Trump routinely used to substantiate his claims to fabulous wealth. The document, it turned out, was drafted without regard for standard accounting practices or other factors that might have diminished the future president’s claims.
And this last bit: If all of this information from Trump’s taxes, bankers and accountants was good enough for me over a decade ago, it’s certainly good enough for Congress and the Manhattan district attorney today. It’s also good enough for the American people. If we’ve learned one thing from the Trump presidency it’s that it’s no longer enough to rely on tradition when it comes to the Oval Office and financial transparency. Financial transparency should be a requirement for all presidents going forward — and the Supreme Court would do well to help pave the way.
Flynn was hired and paid by turkey to kidnap Fetulah Gulen, Erdogan’s arch enemy. Flynn was in the process of it when he was fired and arrested. Trump suddenly announced today that he was traveling to Allentown, 17 miles from where Gulen lives, tomorrow. I hope Gulen is nowhere around, because the IC thinks Trump is setting up some funny business. We are really getting that nutty.
Trump says he is simply not accountable to the law, that he can’t be arrested for anything. Cool, so the inverse must also be true; that he can be gunned down on 5th Avenue, and no one can be arrested for it.
Concretionist almost 4 years ago
I guess we’ll see how much the last two appointees think they owe him. Though I though the sound bites I heard today made it seem likely that he’ll be told to (ahem) cough up the records.
DD Wiz Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Nixon and Clinton were both ordered by UNANIMOUS Supreme Court decisions, including by judges they appointed, to comply with subpoenas.
They both claimed undue distraction from their presidential duties and, in both cases, the court rejected their argument.
And Nixon and Clinton were both the actual targets of subpoenas.
In the present cases, Trump is not the one being subpoenaed — his accountant and two of his banks are. There is no distraction to the president.
Chief Justice John Roberts keeps denying that the Court has become politicized.
Well, here is his chance to prove it.
If he makes an exception for Trump, who is not even the target of the subpoenas, that Nixon and Clinton were denied in UNANIMOUS rulings, Roberts will be proven to be 100% partisan.
Dtroutma almost 4 years ago
Know right where that pole needs to be inserted.
jdeathlogan almost 4 years ago
No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man’s permission when we ask him to obey it. – President Theodore Roosevelt
Even if President Donald Trump shot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue, he could not be punished while he is in office, – Trump attorney William Consovoy.
The Love of Money is . . . almost 4 years ago
His attorney says HE’S TOO BUSY WITH THE EPIDEMIC to have The Supreme Court bother him. Just like during the impeachment and he was golfing and holding rallies.
GreggW Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Equal justice under law.” I wonder how long it’s been since a majority of the court believed that? A more fitting motto for the court in recent years would be from Thucydides: “Justice, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power”. Those familiar with the text know what follows, but I suppose that would be be too blatant.
wyneaux almost 4 years ago
I’m watching this closely to see if the 5 GOPer SCOTUS “judges” are going to show their true color(s) again….. they only see red…..
PraiseofFolly almost 4 years ago
—) A little known fact thatijustmadeup is that Donald Trump is a dedicated cheese connoisseur. He is perhaps the cheesiest president we’ve ever had. His favorite cheeses, in alphabetical order, are: cheater, gorgon, hedamn, monster, and partisan. (He despises blue cheese.)
As shown in today’s cartoon, Trump is using a large cheese “trier” to remove a test core from the Supreme Court cheese. Is it yet rotten through? That is the effect he is striving to achieve. But it may take another four-year term before that happens.
He would actually like to end up with a variety of “casu marzu,” that is a Sicilian cheese in the extreme of decay, infested with live MAGAts. (—
Old_Curmudgeon almost 4 years ago
Respite from the Despot – {limerick}
In court his lawyers test
the limits on The Donald’s quest
to rule as a despot. -
- May the court grant us respite
from the stunts of this odious pest.
. . . . . . . . . . .
Radish the wordsmith almost 4 years ago
Presidents are above the law?
How many times did the Republicans investigate Bill Clinton?
Masterskrain Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Hair Furor needs to be charged with 80,000+ Counts of “Negligent Homicide”!
cocavan11 almost 4 years ago
Yes, “if it’s positive,” i.e., if the fix is in at the SCOTUS, then “we all get it,” i.e., BOHICA!
Zebrastripes almost 4 years ago
The Supreme Court is rumps territory…bought and paid for for by GOP….nothing good comes out of their decisions for WE THE PEOPLE!
Alexander the Good Enough almost 4 years ago
Should the court find in Tяцmp☠’s favor, we will, at that point, cease to have a president. Rather, we’ll then have a king, an emperor, a generalissimo who is not only above and beyond the reach of the law, but is indeed lawless or a law unto himself.
Alberta Oil Premium Member almost 4 years ago
So we will see.. yet again, how the highest court in the land is based on party affiliation.. and not that hallowed concept of the American Constitution or justice.
Old_Curmudgeon almost 4 years ago
Impunity – {1.20 limericks}
Will the Court grant to Trump immunity
and therefore grant him impunity
re ignoring the rules?, -
- thus giving him tools
to augment his opportunity
to exploit our nation’s disunity?
. . . . . . . . .
Masterskrain Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Of course, once he is out of office and we have a Democratic President, then HE or She can claim THE EXACT SAME POWERS as Hair Furor is trying to grab…
Michael G. almost 4 years ago
“Where does it say that I have to be responsible for my decisions?” – The Anthropoid Ape
Ally2005 almost 4 years ago
Trump has his rage tweets ready if Gorsuch and Kavanaugh don’t bow down and side with him. That’s why he, Moscow Mitch and the RepubliCONS put them there. It’s payback time.
Radish the wordsmith almost 4 years ago
In 2016 liar Trump promised to show his taxes.
In 2020 his lawyer is making nutty arguments in the Supreme Court trying to hide Trump’s taxes from everyone.
From the children in the republican concentration camps, to the republican federal government’s lack of leadership to protect the American people from disease,
have you ever seen anyone more disgusting than Trump?
ferddo almost 4 years ago
If the Supreme Court won’t cooperate, next comes an executive order?
Godfreydaniel almost 4 years ago
Pundit Timothy L. O’Brien: Trump sued me for libel in 2006 for a biography I wrote, “TrumpNation,” claiming the book unfairly and intentionally misrepresented his track record as a businessman and lowballed the size of his fortune. The suit was dismissed in 2011. [note from Godfreydaniel: Of course, MOST of Trump’s nuisance lawsuits are dismissed, yet he keeps on being a damn nuisance!]During the course of the litigation, Trump resisted releasing his tax returns and other financial records. My lawyers got the returns, and while I can’t disclose specifics, I imagine that Trump is hesitant to release them now because they would reveal how robust his businesses actually are and shine a light on some of his foreign sources of income.Deutsche Bank AG, one of the firms Trump’s lawyers are trying to stifle in their arguments before the Supreme Court, also turned over documents in my case — including its own assessment of Trump’s wealth that pegged his fortune at $788 million in 2004, well below the $3 billion he told them he had at the time. Deutsche is the only major global bank to have continued doing business with Trump since the early 1990s and is conversant with his financial comings and goings since then. Mazars USA is Trump’s outside accounting firm. Trump’s lawyers will argue before the Supreme Court that it too shouldn’t comply with subpoena requests for documents. Mazars, which boasts a history ProPublica recently described as “colorful,” turned over documents in my litigation with Trump as well (through a predecessor company with which Mazars later merged). That trove included a financial statement Trump routinely used to substantiate his claims to fabulous wealth. The document, it turned out, was drafted without regard for standard accounting practices or other factors that might have diminished the future president’s claims.
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Godfreydaniel almost 4 years ago
And this last bit: If all of this information from Trump’s taxes, bankers and accountants was good enough for me over a decade ago, it’s certainly good enough for Congress and the Manhattan district attorney today. It’s also good enough for the American people. If we’ve learned one thing from the Trump presidency it’s that it’s no longer enough to rely on tradition when it comes to the Oval Office and financial transparency. Financial transparency should be a requirement for all presidents going forward — and the Supreme Court would do well to help pave the way.
willie_mctell almost 4 years ago
The pole must be made of foam.
Union Man almost 4 years ago
A true leader has character. Trump is a character.
Radish the wordsmith almost 4 years ago
Flynn was hired and paid by turkey to kidnap Fetulah Gulen, Erdogan’s arch enemy. Flynn was in the process of it when he was fired and arrested. Trump suddenly announced today that he was traveling to Allentown, 17 miles from where Gulen lives, tomorrow. I hope Gulen is nowhere around, because the IC thinks Trump is setting up some funny business. We are really getting that nutty.
Cerabooge almost 4 years ago
Trump says he is simply not accountable to the law, that he can’t be arrested for anything. Cool, so the inverse must also be true; that he can be gunned down on 5th Avenue, and no one can be arrested for it.