The state of California is doing everything it can to prevent Trump from being re-elected.
One tactic being employed is requiring candidates to provide tax returns in order to be on the election ballot.
After the Presidential Tax Transparency and Accountability Act was signed into law in California, the RNC, Trump’s campaign, and President Trump have all filed suit against California on the premise the law is unconstitutional.
The New Law
The law signed on July 30 will require any candidate wanting to be on the primary ballot in the state of California to provide five years of tax returns.
State leadership claims this is so voters can see if there is any cause for concern due to a corrupt candidate.
To be clear, this is nothing more than a law that was specifically targeting President Trump, even though it is being veiled as bipartisan legislation.
What it amounts to, though, is an invasion of privacy.
This law is obviously going to be challenged in court.
Can’t Impact Federal Election
If there were a legitimate challenger to Trump, this law could be a problem.
However, there is no real threat, so even if California does not include Trump on its primary ballot, this law is actually irrelevant for now.
However, when it comes to the general election, there is already precedent in place that laws such as this cannot be in place.
As the Trump campaign stated in its complaint, “The Supreme Court has held that those qualifications are ‘exclusive’ and that States do not have the power to ‘supplement’ them with their own requirements.”
Legislation like this has been proposed numerous times, and it has always been defeated.
The former governor of California actually refused to sign such legislation, calling it a “slippery slope.”
In 2017, similar legislation was proposed by the California state legislature.
One of the authors of that legislation, State Senator Scott Weiner stated, “I authored only one bill that could be characterized as partisan: the presidential tax return bill.
“It applies to candidates of both parties, but because only Donald Trump refused to disclose, there’s an undertone.
“I will own that.”
The RNC hit back against the legislation, stating, “the Act is a naked political attack against the sitting President of the United States” which “subverts the franchise for cheap political gain … and effectively disenfranchises voters by denying their right to associate for the advancement of political beliefs and effectively cast a vote for the otherwise qualified candidate of their choosing.”
Jay Sekulow, Donald Trump’s personal attorney, stated, “Today we have taken decisive action in federal court challenging California’s attempt to circumvent the U.S. Constitution.
“The issue of whether the President should release his federal tax returns was litigated in the 2016 election and the American people spoke.
“The effort to deny California voters the opportunity to cast a ballot for President Trump in 2020 will clearly fail.
“Legal scholars from across the political spectrum have roundly condemned this flagrantly illegal statute.
“We are confident the courts will as well.”
Americans are hopefully paying attention to this and seeing that Democrats are now trying to create laws simply because they lost the election.
It is unprecedented and despicable behavior that needs to be exposed.
Source: Fox News
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