Friday, October 11, 2019

Gimme Shelter


Donald Trump is about to test the waters of his neatly stacked Supreme Court as his last resort to avoiding coughing up his tax returns.

He lost his attempt to block the Manhattan DA before the Federal Court. That led to an appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit where he got tossed out on a 2-1 verdict.

His last hope rests with the US Supreme Court. If nothing else we'll see just how badly corrupted the highest court in America has become.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

The dissent was from a former Clarence Thomas clerk that Trump appointed to fill Bart O'Kavanaugh's vacancy. I bet at least Thomas will rule against producing Trump's tax returns. If the rest of the GOP clowns follow suit, you can forget about Congress fulfilling any kind of oversight function on the executive.

Cap

Anonymous said...

We'll soon get a hint of things to come if the SCOTUS issues an emergency stay of the Second Circuit ruling.

Cap

The Mound of Sound said...

Thanks, Cap. I was wondering about the dissent. Can you imagine clerking for Thomas? Verbal communication doesn't seem to be his thing. Telepathy, smoke signals?

I agree that we may just see the true face of the USSC.

BTW, do you still practice?

Anonymous said...

Yes, someday I hope to be proficient. ;-)

Cap

Owen Gray said...

When the tax returns surface -- and they will -- things will become undeniably clear. And totally disgusting.

The Mound of Sound said...


Forget it, Cap. Countless of us have tried. None prevailed.

The Mound of Sound said...


It's hard to speculate just what is in Trump's returns, Owen. However given the Herculean efforts he has made to avoid disclosure it's a safe bet those returns hold real problems for this thug.

Trailblazer said...

When the tax returns surface...

Not too sure of that.
If Trump is hiding bankruptcy and still living the high life then so many others are also living the lie; GE for one.
Capitalism is so corrupt the wagons will circle in self preservation.
Trumps taxes are a symbol of our times.

TB

The Mound of Sound said...


I'm less than confident Trump's returns will ever see the light of day, TB. With the ghost of Roy Cohn as his guardian angel there's not much that sticks.

Northern PoV said...

Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance: I'm less than confident Trump's returns will ever see the light of day, TB. With the ghost of Roy Cohn as his guardian angel there's not much that sticks.

;-)