California’s top court to decide whether state can force Trump to disclose tax returns

By Staff Writer California’s highest court will decide Thursday whether the state can require presidential candidates, including President Trump, to disclose their tax returns in order to appear on the state’s primary ballot.

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California Supreme Court Unanimously Rules that California Tax Returns-Ballot Law Violates the State Constitution

On November 21, the California Supreme Court issued a ruling in Patterson v Padilla, finding that the new law requiring presidential primary candidates to disclose their tax returns if they want to be on a presidential primary ballot violates the California Constitution.  The opinion is unanimous.

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Justices Skeptical of California’s Demand of Tax Returns From Candidates

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) – Already cast as a constitutional “trampling” by a federal judge, California’s bid to reveal President Donald Trump’s tax returns to primary voters sputtered again Wednesday before the state Supreme Court.

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California Media Fails to Inform Readers of State’s Failure to Appeal President Tax Returns-Ballot Decision

Here is the California Secretary of State’s calendar for various filing deadlines for the March 2020 presidential primary. The calendar says the Secretary of State will announce by December 6 which presidential candidates are on various presidential primary ballots.

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U.S. District Court Judge Explains Why He Enjoined the California Tax Returns-Ballot Law on September 19

On October 1, U.S. District Court Judge Morrison England issued a 24-page opinion, explaining why he had orally enjoined California’s new tax returns-ballot bill on September 19.

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California Will Appeal Tax Returns-Ballot Case to Ninth Circuit

On October 1, California’s Secretary of State said he will appeal the October 1 decision that invalidated the new California law on tax returns and the ballot. Thanks to Steve Kamp and Thomas Jones for this news.

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WANG: Take It From This Campaign Finance Attorney: Trump Is In The Clear In My Area Of Law

President Trump’s July call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky seems to have been the “straw that broke the camel’s back” for House Democrats’ long-running clamor to initiate impeachment proceedings.

Source: WANG: Take It From This Campaign Finance Attorney: Trump Is In The Clear In My Area Of Law

Federal judge to suspend California law compelling Trump tax release

SACRAMENTO — A California-based federal judge said today he intends to issue a preliminary injunction suspending a new state law that would require Donald Trump and other candidates to release their tax returns to appear on primary ballots.

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How California’s voters may have saved Trump from releasing his taxes

Forty-seven years ago, California’s voters opened the state’s presidential primaries to all nationally recognized candidates.

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Trump’s California funders—where they are and what they’re giving

How much has President Trump raised from Californians this year? Which neighborhoods are giving him the most money? Could it be yours? We break it down in six graphs.

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Washington Senate passes bill that would keep Trump off 2020 ballot unless he releases tax returns

Washington's state Senate passed a bill this week that would drop President Trump from the state's 2020 presidential ballot until he releases his tax returns.

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Lawsuit claims Trump campaign nondisclosure agreements are unlawful

Video A former staffer on President Trump’s 2016 campaign has filed a class action lawsuit in the hope of nullifying the nondisclosure and nondisparagement agreements campaign workers were made to sign.

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Wither the Giuliani Defense of “No Crime of Collusion” in Wake of Roger Stone’s Indictment

The Roger Stone indictment should be considered in light of the many recent statements that the president’s counsel, Rudy Giuliani, tossed out in recent weeks.

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Trump campaign moves to stave off mayhem at 2020 convention

President Donald Trump is tightening his iron grip on the Republican Party, launching an elaborate effort to stamp out any vestiges of GOP opposition that might embarrass him at the 2020 Republican convention.

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John Edwards' sex scandal didn't fix corrupt campaign finance system, but Trump's might

On a May night back in 2012, I sat at a conference room table surrounded by mostly men: The federal prosecutor leading the case against my old friend and boss, former senator John Edwards; a number of federal agents I had met with for more than 36 hours in New York City, Boston, and Washington, D

Source: John Edwards' sex scandal didn't fix corrupt campaign finance system, but Trump's might

Federal Election Law “Gotcha!”

Rather than jump into the media-led free-for-all clamoring for President Trump to be indicted or impeached (or both) based on the latest court filing by Special Counsel Mueller or the U.S. Attorney’s office in New York, let’s step back for just a moment.

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Yes, Donald Trump Is in Real Legal Jeopardy for Campaign-Finance Violations

Earlier today, Bradley Smith continued our conversation about whether Donald Trump’s hush-money payments violated federal election law. I say maybe — depending on the evidence.

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Trump Exposes the Holes in Campaign-Finance Laws

The release of a taped telephone conversation between Michael Cohen and Donald Trump has given rise to renewed questions about whether President Trump committed federal campaign-finance violations in hiding extramarital affairs.

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Executive Order on Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.

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Report: Top FEC Dem, staff behind anti-Trump jihad, fairness questioned

The longest-serving Democratic member of the Federal Election Commission, expected to take over as chair in four months, and her top staffer are behind an anti-Trump and anti-GOP crusade, according to a new report from a critic.

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