The Supreme Court seems divided about President Donald Trump’s assertion that the powers he has as the leader of the country override subpoenas for his financial records.
The conservative judges of the supreme court focus on the risk of granting Congress massive powers such as the harassment of the President.
On the other hand, the liberal judges are concerned about placing unduly restrictive limits on lawmakers.
Even though they have their differences, the judges have some similar opinions on several subjects, like the one where the cases which asked the judges to draw lines between the governmental powers had handed them a difficult constitutional task.
Chief Justice John Roberts said to Trump private attorney Patrick Strawbridge:
“You say there is some power in the House and you think there’s a high standard. I understand the House to concede there is some limit to its authority. So it sounds like at the end of the day this is just another case where the courts are balancing the competing interests on either side.’’
According to The Hill, the justices’ seeming lack of consensus over some of the dispute’s core constitutional question suggests they may not achieve the unanimity that marked prior Supreme Court decisions on executive privileges and immunities that handed defeats to Presidents Nixon and Clinton. But the ruling will nonetheless have profound political implications, particularly as a decision is expected in late June or early July, just months before Election Day. On the legal front, how the justices rule will determine whether Trump can be implicated in a New York state criminal probe.
Patrick Strawbridge, the personal attorney of President Trump said:
“The President’s personal papers are not related to anything having to do with the workings of government. And to empower the committees to simply declare him as a useful case study is to open the door to all sorts of oppressive requests. You could have subpoenas directed seeking all of former President Jimmy Carter’s financial history simply because he used to be a peanut farmer and they want a case study on agriculture.’’
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