I’m no lawyer but this seems like a weak argument for keeping Trump’s taxes secret:
“(Absent a ruling in his favor from the Supreme Court) That the Constitution would empower thousands of state and local prosecutors to embroil the president in criminal proceedings…” Mr. Trump’s lawyers wrote.
That’s dumb on its face. I mean, I suppose that could happen if the some future president committed crimes in thousands of jurisdictions. But who could conceive of a president up to his neck in financial crimes in thousands of jurisdictions?
The appeals court that unanimously the President’s taxes shouldn’t be secret put it like this.
”We note that the past six presidents, dating back to President Carter, all voluntarily released their tax returns to the public,” Judge Katzmann wrote for the panel. “While we do not place dispositive weight on this fact, it reinforces our conclusion that the disclosure of personal financial information, standing alone, is unlikely to impair the president in performing the duties of his office.”
