Election 2020 California Supreme Court Strikes Down Tax Return Law

[Emperor Tippy]

California Court Strikes Down Law Requiring Candidate Tax Returns

The California Supreme Court invalidated the state’s effort to require President Trump and other presidential candidates to turn over their tax returns in order to appear on the state’s primary election ballot.

www.wsj.com

The California Supreme Court invalidated the state’s effort to require President Trump and other presidential candidates to turn over their tax returns in order to appear on the state’s primary election ballot.

The tax requirement conflicts with the state constitution’s mandate that the presidential primary ballot in California be open and inclusive of recognized candidates, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday.

“Ultimately, it is the voters who must decide whether the refusal … to make such information available to the public will have consequences at the ballot box,” the court said in a unanimous ruling.

Glad this was struck down, but I was kinda hoping it would be upheld so that it could go federal.

 

[Arch Dornan]

No tax return for you!

 

[Cherico]

Let me tell you the real reason this happened.

If California did this our electoral votes could and would be considered null and void. Because we would be in clear violation of not only the spirit but the letter of how election laws roll. That pretty much means that California is removed from the election which means Trump wins easily.

So given a choice between grandstanding that will be brutally punished or shutting this down even the most activist judges said no.