In three tweets on Thursday, conservative talk show host Mark Levin explained how the Supreme Court's 7-2 decision on the president's tax returns could (and should) come back to haunt the justices:Levin immediately gave a more accurate account of the ruling than the headlines portrayed that day...<1. The Supreme Court just opened itself up to congressional demands for the individual justices' tax returns.
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) July 9, 20203. The justices will not be able to argue that they are immune as a matter of separation of powers as they just shot down that argument as applies to the president.
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) July 9, 2020
...then expanded on the ruling by the "seven politicians" of the Court, all but dissenting originalists Alito and Thomas:Actually, Congress did not get the President’s tax returns. The Manhattan DA may get the information. And the congressional subpoena issues have been punted to the lower courts.
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) July 9, 2020
Congress needs tax returns in order to make legislative decisions, right?Political plays have become the unfortunate norm infecting every avenue of governance in our hyperbolic century, even those that are supposed to be ‘nonpartisan’. So if that’s now the case, what’s good for the goose must be good for the gander. It’s the only way they’ll feel the consequences of their own rulings.
What if Congress were to ask Supreme Court justices for their tax returns? They say they have a legislative purpose, and they do.
Supreme Court justices are handling all kinds of cases -- financial, anti-trust, civil -- just think about it. As a matter of course, shouldn't we know what's in their actual tax returns rather than financial disclosure agreements?
Republicans should subpoena the tax returns of every Supreme Court justice https://t.co/pelSzga0HJ
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) July 10, 2020
