Eighteen states have considered legislation that some say is aimed at increasing transparency for voters and others say is just aimed at the current president.
President Trump listens during a meeting March 19 with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in the Oval Office. By Kayla Epstein Kayla Epstein Embedded audience editor on the National desk Email Bio Follow March 20 at 10:42 AM In refusing to release his tax returns, President Trump bucked decades of tradition and set off a Democrat hunt to obtain them.
Trump has long insisted that he won’t release his returns because they are under audit, though that would not preclude him from doing so. The documents have become something of a liberal white whale, and Democrats at the federal level have been pursuing laws or legal maneuvers aimed at obtaining them.
Similar attempts have been made by states since Trump was elected. In 2017, Dan Diorio, policy specialist in NCSL, noted that at least 25 state legislatures put forward such bills. “Nearly every bill has been introduced by Democrats, in reaction to President Donald Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns as per the custom of previous presidential candidates,” he wrote of the 2017 legislation.
However, Weiner said it would be more helpful for a uniform federal law that dictates disclosures, rather than having individual states pass laws with different or conflicting requirements of candidates. [‘I don’t have an answer for that’: Rep. Steve King sidesteps when asked if a white society is superior]
Richard L. Hasen, an election-law expert, considered the legality and prudence of these measures in Politico Magazine. While Hasen argues that cases for and against constitutionality could be made, Democrats might be opening a “Pandora’s box” by pursuing it.
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