Calif bill~to force trump to release tax records to get on statewide 2020 ballot

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Bill

Malarkeyville
Since there is almost no way in hell trumpf is gonna be able to compete in calif, what's the point?? Just not having him on the ballot??




Several California lawmakers are proposing legislation that would require President Donald Trump and other presidential candidates to release their tax returns as a precondition for getting on the ballot.

A hearing is scheduled next Tuesday by the state Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss and vote on the measure.

State Senate Bill 27, dubbed the Presidential Tax Transparency and Accountability Act, represents the second time in three years that California has sought to pass such a law.

Back in 2017, then-Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a similar measure and cited concerns it might be unconstitutional​

LOS ANGELES – Several California Democratic lawmakers are proposing legislation that would require President Donald Trump and other presidential candidates to release their tax returns as a precondition for getting on the statewide ballot.

A hearing is scheduled April 2 in the state Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss and vote on the measure. State Senate Bill 27, dubbed the Presidential Tax Transparency and Accountability Act, represents the second time in three years that California has sought to pass such a law.

"President Trump's refusal to release his income tax returns has broken a time-honored, bipartisan tradition which has weakened our democracy and his jaw dropping business conflicts have now put the security of our nation at risk" said state Sen. Mike McGuire, D-Eureka, a cosponsor of the bill.

A similar measure, Senate Bill 149, passed the state legislature in 2017 but was vetoed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat who raised concerns it might be unconstitutional. Also, Brown at the time warned the legislation "sets a 'slippery slope' precedent."

Gov. Gavin Newsom, also a Democrat, hasn't indicated whether he will support the new bill if it passes the state Legislature. The Democrats currently have a two-thirds supermajority in both houses of the California Legislature, so they have the power to potentially overrule a governor's veto.

"As is the case with all proposed legislation, should this bill reach the governor's desk it would be evaluated on its own merits," said Brian Ferguson, a spokesman for Newsom.

California's proposed bill would require presidential candidates to release the last five years of their tax returns to appear on the ballot in the nation's most populous state. The Golden State's presidential primary was moved up to March 3, 2020, or Super Tuesday, following a state law passed in 2017.

SB 27 contains an urgency clause that allows the legislation to take effect immediately prior to the December 2019 filing deadline for the 2020 presidential candidates. The measure cleared its first hurdle March 19 in a state Senate elections committee, receiving a 3-to-1 vote.

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Bill said:
California bill attempts to force Trump to release tax records to get on statewide 2020 ballot
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I have to laugh at the morons in the Party of the Jackass. They cannot circumvent the United States Constitution. They are morons for even wasting the time to put something like this in a bill.

Poor dumb fucks:

The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that states can’t use the ballot as a political weapon. In 1964, for instance, Louisiana listed candidates’ race on the ballot. Louisiana maintained it was just providing truthful information to the voters of the state. The Supreme Court struck down the statute on the ground that the ballot was not a vehicle to direct voters to consider a candidate’s race.

In the 1990s, Missouri asked congressional candidates to take a term limits pledge; if they refused to do so, the state would indicate on the ballot that the candidate “declined to pledge to support term limits.” The Supreme Court struck down that ballot provision, too.

Both those cases stand for the proposition that states cannot use their ballots to achieve preferred political or policy outcomes — such as burdening those who prefer to keep some, or all, of their tax information private.
 
A few states are doing this. Of course, Nazis could just write trump's name on the ballot, if they bothered to show up on election day.
 
Althea said:
A few states are doing this. Of course, Nazis could just write trump's name on the ballot, if they bothered to show up on election day.
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You poor, deranged, low IQ moron; States cannot use politics to qualify to get on a Presidential ballot.

The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that states can’t use the ballot as a political weapon. In 1964, for instance, Louisiana listed candidates’ race on the ballot. Louisiana maintained it was just providing truthful information to the voters of the state. The Supreme Court struck down the statute on the ground that the ballot was not a vehicle to direct voters to consider a candidate’s race.

In the 1990s, Missouri asked congressional candidates to take a term limits pledge; if they refused to do so, the state would indicate on the ballot that the candidate “declined to pledge to support term limits.” The Supreme Court struck down that ballot provision, too.

Both those cases stand for the proposition that states cannot use their ballots to achieve preferred political or policy outcomes — such as burdening those who prefer to keep some, or all, of their tax information private.
 
Althea said:
A few states are doing this. Of course, Nazis could just write trump's name on the ballot, if they bothered to show up on election day.
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What other states?? I just heard about this...

It would seem though that any state able to get this through is already highly unlikely to give many/any electoral votes to trumpfy..
 
It should become a federal law, retroactive, that any politician, particularly Congress and above, has to release their tax returns including every time they might get re-elected.
 
This is so stupid and wouldn’t survive a court challenge.

Leftists are such reactionaries and never think things through

They are so fucking child like. I have more success reasoning with a five year old with an underdeveloped prefrontal cortex than reasoning with a retarded liberal
 
Private individuals have to release their tax returns and private affairs in order to get into politics. Fascists, the lot of you.
 
Amendment 4 should also protect Trump from being forced to release his tax returns. No tax returns without probable cause. No fishing, f-ggots.

Who else is excited about the prospect of a hot Civil War breaking out, due to the corruption and tyranny of the Democrat party?
 
Sailor said:
It should become a federal law, retroactive, that any politician, particularly Congress and above, has to release their tax returns including every time they might get re-elected.
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I disagree. Why should anyone have to release their tax returns? What is accomplished by requiring this?
 
Teflon Don said:
This is so stupid and wouldn’t survive a court challenge.

Leftists are such reactionaries and never think things through

They are so fucking child like. I have more success reasoning with a five year old with an underdeveloped prefrontal cortex than reasoning with a retarded liberal
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TRUE!
 
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