The judge ruled the law likely violates several articles of the U.S. Constitution, including First Amendment rights, by depriving candidates access to the ballot, and the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause.
A federal judge has blocked a California law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom requiring all presidential candidates, including President Donald Trump, to fork over their tax returns if they wish to appear on the state's primary election ballot in 2020.
The judge wrote in his ruling that the plaintiffs"demonstrated irreparable harm" and have"shown that the balance of equity weighs in their favor." In his ruling, Judge Morrison, who was nominated to the U.S. District Court in 2002 by former President George W. Bush, wrote that the state's"concerns are both legitimate and understandable" and"are undermined when candidates offer unnecessary and irrelevant excuses for shielding the public from such information."
But Jessica Millan Patterson, chairwoman of the California Republican Party, hailed Morrison's ruling as a victory against the"Democrats’ petty politics and their efforts to disenfranchise millions of California voters and suppress Republican voter turnout."
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