Nancy Pelosi’s nephew, the governor of California, is going to be hurting for a while when he gets the news that a federal judge has temporarily blocked a bill that would have kept President Trump’s name off the 2020 ballot because he didn’t give the state his tax returns.
The requirement to be POTUS is to be at least 35 years old, a “natural-born” US citizen and have resided in the United States for 14 years. States can’t only make up their own requirements for a federal office. This was decided in US Term Limits Inc v. Thornton. Secondly, primaries are run by the parties. The state can’t tell a party who they can or can’t have on their primary ballot.
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Newsom’s predecessor, Gov. Jerry Brown, vetoed a similar bill in 2017, saying he’s wary to “start down a road that well might lead to an ever-escalating set of differing state requirements for presidential candidates.” Brown had it precisely correct. If this law is allowed to stand, every state will start placing absurd burdens on candidates that will “coincidentally” only impact their opponents.
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If only everyone had some common sense.
A federal judge announced Thursday that he’s temporarily blocking a new California law aimed at releasing President Donald Trump’s tax returns, several outlets reported.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law in July. It requires presidential candidates to release their tax returns from the last five years in order to appear on the California primary ballot. Both the Trump campaign and the GOP sued the state over the law’s constitutionality.
U.S. District Judge Morrison England Jr. issued the temporary injunction from the bench, saying he will make a final ruling in the coming days but that Trump and other candidates could face “irreparable harm without temporary relief.”
Trump is the first president in four decades to not release his tax returns, which could shed important light on his financial dealings and conflicts of interest.
Interesting that the law did not apply to all elected officials in California – only for the president.
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Newson states that “these are extraordinary times and states have a legal and moral duty to do everything in their power to ensure leaders seeking the highest offices meet minimal standards, and to restore public confidence.” Under the Federal Constitution that are only three requirements: Natural born citizen of the United States, a resident for 14 years, and 35 years of age or older.
Newson has no legal right to add additional requirements.
I don’t care about the tax returns of a billionaire who became president. I want the see the tax returns of people like Nancy Pelosi who makes $174,000 a year and became a billionaire working that job.
I want to see the tax returns of every person in California politics who voted in favor of this bill. Write a bill that ALL politicians must file their tax returns for public review as soon as they file their candidacy. See how fast that bill goes up in flames!
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