A federal judge said on Thursday that he will order a temporary injunction against California’s law requiring presidential candidates to provide their tax returns in order to appear on the state’s ballot.
According to the Los Angeles Times, U.S. District Court Judge Morrison England Jr. said the law would cause candidates, including President Donald Trump, “irreparable harm without temporary relief.”
The decision was a victory for Trump, his campaign and the California Republican party, all of whom had sued against the law.
“We are encouraged that the federal court tentatively concluded that a preliminary injunction should be granted,” said Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow, per Politico. “We look forward to the court’s written order.”
California passed the Presidential Tax Transparency and Accountability Act near the end of July in an effort to force Trump to disclose his long-concealed tax returns.
Trump’s legal team quickly slammed the law as unconstitutional and moved to block it.
Cause a candidate "irreparable harm without temporary relief” ?
The judge is confused on who is being irreparably harmed… the public or a single citizen refusing to abide by decades of tacit agreement.
Answer. As demonstrated by the orange buffoon, the public has been harmed by the candidate’s lies.
So being shown a fraud is “irreparable harm” now? Hmm…
TPM, take the 3 seconds to google what we all know the result will be anyway…
‘said the law would cause candidates, including President Donald Trump, “irreparable harm without temporary relief.”’
Seriously, how about the irreparable harm to the United States that occurs when we elect a president who has not been properly vetted? It’s like hiring a new employee at a daycare center without a criminal background check and then later finding out that the new employee has a serious criminal record.
On a side note why is Jay Sekulow popping his head up now on this case? I thought Consovoy was Trump’s knight against all dragons trying to steal a look at his tax returns?