2ND UPDATE, 5:49 PM: President Donald Trump won’t have to disclose his tax returns in order to be listed on the ballot for the California primary after all. The Golden State’s Supreme C…
has signed a law that makes presidential candidates ineligible California’s primary ballot unless they release their tax returns from the past five years.
Passed along party lines two weeks ago, Senate Bill 27 mandates that all White House hopefuls must submit five years of income tax filings by late November to get on the March ballot. Trump — who promised repeatedly during his campaign that he would release his tax returns — is not named specifically in the legislation, which does not extend to the general election and doesn’t apply to write-in candidates. It does, however, cover gubernatorial candidates.
Of course, Trump isn’t known for taking a punch without hitting back, so we can expect an imminent legal challenge from his not-underworked lawyers. Trump’s chief legal counsel rebutted the new law in an email to reporters today, saying, “The State of California’s attempt to circumvent the Constitution will be answered in court.”
There indeed are constitutional questions surrounding the new law. The states have power to set the place, time and other details about their elections, but the Constitution sets the requirements for the president. There’s also a First Amendment question. Newsom’s predecessor, Gov. Jerry Brown, vetoed a similar bill two years ago, and other states have tried a similar tack.
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