Democratic legislators passed and Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a “gotcha” bill in August intended to force Trump — and any presidential candidate — to publicly release their income tax returns. A candidate who refused would be barred from the California presidential primary ballot. Not so fast, said…
Sacramento Democrats got too cute with President Trump over his taxes and were loudly booed last week by the California Supreme Court.Democratic legislators passed and Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a “gotcha” bill in August intended to force Trump — and any presidential candidate — to publicly release his income tax returns. A candidate who refused would be barred from the California presidential primary ballot.Not so fast, said the state’s highest court.
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, a Democrat, filed an appeal, but dropped it after the state court ruled against the law.This is not about whether Trump should release his federal tax returns. The six presidents before him did, but he has refused. Rather, it’s about Democrats enacting a blatantly unconstitutional law with a straight face for purely political reasons.
To Newsom’s credit, he insisted that the bill also cover gubernatorial candidates. That part of the law remains. And if they’re serious about increasing transparency, there’s a simple way to do it under existing law. They could strengthen the weak Statement of Economic Interest form that state and local candidates must fill out. Presidential and congressional candidates have their own feeble forms.
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