We're in a period of death of democracy the rule of law and civil liberties by thousands of cuts coming over at least several decades. Attacks on government, secularism and inconvenient truth are all intensifying. Here is another example.
Chief Justice Roberts temporarily blocks release of Trump's tax records to House Democrats
Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday [that is today folks] temporarily blocked a congressional committee from accessing former President Donald Trump’s tax records.
Trump, unlike other recent presidents, has refused to make his tax returns public amid scrutiny of his business affairs, and turned to the justices after an appeals court in Washington refused to intervene on the release of the records. The high court has recently rejected similar requests made by Trump.
Trump’s lawyers say the House Ways and Means Committee’s assertion that it needs the information to probe how the IRS conducts the auditing process for presidents does not stand up to scrutiny.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit declined Thursday to reconsider a three-judge panel’s ruling in August that the committee could obtain the tax returns.
As usual, the MSM does not get it, or if it does, it is incompetent. That's normal these days and has been for years.
What NBC fails to point out is that (i) Roberts blocked release until after the election, (ii) Trump is not running for any office so there is no reason for timing it to the election, and (iii) if the Republicans retake the House, as some polling indicates is likely, that temporary block will be permanent. Once the Repubs retake the House, that is the end of all House investigation into Trump's treason and crimes. That leaves the DoJ and Garland. There is little or no hope for justice emanating from the clueless paralyzed Garland.
Once again, a Republican judge on the Supreme Court protects a corrupt Republican elite. And by delaying as much as possible, Trump once again gets away with treason and/or crimes.
The rule of law has fallen. The rest of democracy is next. Our freedoms come right after that.
My grade for the MSM: Rock solid F (failure).
My grade for the Republican Party, the enemy of the people and democracy: F--- (triple minus F).
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