In October 2018, the New York Times published its Pulitzer Prize winning investigative report based upon the financial documents provided to it by Mary Trump. Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father. The lede paragraph: “President Trump participated in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright … Read more
A week after the Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump is not immune from turning over his tax returns and other financial records to the Manhattan district attorney, the president’s legal team said at a Thursday hearing they intended to keep fighting the subpoena (dilatory tactics). The Daily Beast reports, NY Judge in Trump’s Tax … Read more
The biggest loser today at the Supreme Court was Attorney General William “Coverup” Barr. His career-long advancement of an imperial presidency under the unitary executive theory, asserting that the president is above the law and not answerable to Congress or the courts, was soundly rejected by the Supreme Court in defense of constitutional separation of … Read more
After listening to oral argument today, it became clear that there is a majority on the court ready to reconsider U.S. v. Nixon and Clinton v. Jones, and willing to devise a new standard for presidential subpoenas. It is yet another departure from precedent by the Roberts Court. And it will allow Donald Trump to … Read more
For you non-lawyers who have been listening to Supreme Court oral arguments over the past week, I hope it has been illuminating about the mystique of oral argument, and no, I don’t mean the unfortunate failure to mute a toilet flush during oral argument last week. That was a first for me as well. If … Read more