Jay Sekulow: “We are pleased that in the decisions issued today, the Supreme Court has temporarily blocked both Congress & NY prosecutors from obtaining the President’s tax records. We will now proceed to raise additional Constitutional and legal issues in the lower courts.”— John Santucci (@Santucci) July 9, 2020
Trump filed an interlocutory appeal from the district court, meaning an appeal before a final ruling had been made. The Court of Appeals ruled against him and sent the case back to district court, so they appealed to the Supreme Court. Which ruled against him with a cherry on top, eviscerated his primary legal argument, and consistent with an interlocutory appeal and the decision of the Court (all 9 justices agreed Trump's prime defense was crap), returned it to the district court so the case could proceed.
The Supreme Court didn't block anything. The appeals by Trump did. Now they get to do that again, with appeals of the trial court's final ruling. But as Neal Katyal pointed out, their defenses now are "paper-thin."
Does that sound like a victory for Trump to you?In the case concerning the prosecutors’ subpoena, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote: “no citizen, not even the president, is categorically above the common duty to produce evidence when called upon in a criminal proceeding.” https://t.co/6hfoUjTTHi— Adam Goldman (@adamgoldmanNYT) July 9, 2020
LAW & ORDER!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 3, 2020
Yeah, this is what it looks like.
Trump's legal strategy is always the same: ignore the law, but keep kicking the can down the road. His whole life he's been able to profit by "the law's delays." Having more money and more power let's you do that.
ReplyDeleteSo he's kicked it past Election Day. If he wins he just keeps it up. Or goes with the Andrew Jackson option: "Justice Marshall has made his decision; let him enforce it." If he loses, we'll be too busy putting out fires to have any real stomach to pursue him personally.