SCOTUS rules on two Trump-related cases. Vance and Mazars: both 7-2 against Trump

U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES FOR NEW YORK GRAND JURY OVER BID TO OBTAIN TRUMP'S FINANCIAL RECORDS, INCLUDING TAX RETURNS— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 9, 2020

Here is the 7-2 opinion from Chief Justice Roberts in Trump v. Vance. Dissents from Thomas and Alito. https://t.co/VRXBMFeTAE

2. Breaking: In a 7-2 decision, SCOTUS sends the case involving Trump's accountants and Deutsche bank (for Trump's tax returns and financial records) back to the lower courts to deal with separation of powers concerns.

Again, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch joined the majority on this

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) July 9, 2020

Today's big Supreme Court rulings in a nutshell:

– No President is above the law.

– No President is wholly shielded from state & congressional investigators.

– Courts can & must step in & resolve these disputes, just as the Supreme Court did today.

— Joshua A. Geltzer (@jgeltzer) July 9, 2020

Supreme Court won't allow Congress to get Trump tax and financial records, for now. The ruling returns the case to lower courts. https://t.co/Ph8bVC3D7B

So Deutsche Bank and your Russian friends made you appear rich again. You’re going to prison, Traitor.

GIANT FUCKOPOTAMUS!

46 years ago this month, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled against Richard Nixon's attempt to block subpoenas for records held by the President. 3 of the Justices on the Court were appointed by Nixon,but all ruled against him. At 10, SCOTUS is expected to decide a similar Q…

No court has ever held that a president was “immune” to a grand jury subpoena or Congressional subpoena.

Your lawyers raised absurd arguments that were soundly rejected by seven out of the nine Supreme Court justices, including two justices you appointed.

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) July 9, 2020

Your presidency is pic.twitter.com/2zoGwJJuDN

Noah, there is much more to it than that. The Court set out standards in both Vance & Mazars that uphold the rule of law and will allow this information to be gathered first in Vance & more slowly in Mazars.

Trump will face prosecution & justice in or (hopefully) out of office. https://t.co/TlNvLpO2X6

Profoundly important 7-2 victory in Vance v. Trump: No absolute immunity from state and local grand jury subpoenas for Trump’s financial records to investigate his crimes as a private citizen. Being president doesn’t confer the kind of categorical shield Trump claimed.

“But that argument runs up against the 200 years of precedent establishing that Presidents, and their official communications, are subject to judicial process, see Burr, 25 F. Cas. 34, even when the President is under investigation, Nixon, at 706.”
– Supreme Court today https://t.co/XEa0wgh1CS

— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) July 9, 2020