Maryland Senate passes bill requiring presidential, vice presidential candidates to release tax retu

[mystery-ak]

Maryland Senate passes bill requiring presidential, vice presidential candidates to release tax returns
by Melissa Quinn | Mar 6, 2018, 11:43 AM

The Maryland Senate passed a bill Monday night that would require certain candidates for president and vice president to release copies of their tax returns, legislation aimed at President Trump.

The measure passed the Democrat-controlled state Senate with support from all but four Democratic senators, though some Democrats, along with their Republican colleagues, balked at the legislation.

“Show me in the Constitution where it says that’s a qualification for being president of the United States,” said state Sen. James Brochin, a Democrat representing Baltimore County, according to the Baltimore Sun. “We can’t go along and make up rules when we don’t like the president of the United States.”

Senate Minority Whip Stephen Hershey, a Republican, called the measure “the most childish bill that I’ve ever seen.”

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http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/maryland-senate-passes-bill-requiring-presidential-vice-presidential-candidates-to-release-tax-returns/article/2650802

[Bigun]

Maryland Senate passes bill requiring presidential, vice presidential candidates to release tax returns
by Melissa Quinn | Mar 6, 2018, 11:43 AM

The Maryland Senate passed a bill Monday night that would require certain candidates for president and vice president to release copies of their tax returns, legislation aimed at President Trump.

The measure passed the Democrat-controlled state Senate with support from all but four Democratic senators, though some Democrats, along with their Republican colleagues, balked at the legislation.

“Show me in the Constitution where it says that’s a qualification for being president of the United States,” said state Sen. James Brochin, a Democrat representing Baltimore County, according to the Baltimore Sun. “We can’t go along and make up rules when we don’t like the president of the United States.”

Senate Minority Whip Stephen Hershey, a Republican, called the measure “the most childish bill that I’ve ever seen.”

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http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/maryland-senate-passes-bill-requiring-presidential-vice-presidential-candidates-to-release-tax-returns/article/2650802

Why stop there?  Why not ALL relevant documents?  School records, birth certificates, all of it!

[driftdiver]

Each state can make their own voter regulations.   I wonder if this will stand

[edpc]

Right.....because they wouldn’t want to risk not being on the MD ballot and missing out on those electoral votes they’ll never see.

[txradioguy]

Each state can make their own voter regulations.   I wonder if this will stand

I could see Gov. Hogan vetoing it.

[Just_Victor]

Each state can make their own voter regulations.   I wonder if this will stand

They are creating a test for office that the Constitution does not allow.

[WingNot]

They are creating a test for office that the Constitution does not allow.

True.  But that never stopped the rats before.

[Bigun]

They are creating a test for office that the Constitution does not allow.

I'm not getting how requiring full disclosure creates an unconstitutional test.  Would someone please be kind enough to explain that to me?

[Just_Victor]

I'm not getting how requiring full disclosure creates an unconstitutional test.  Would someone please be kind enough to explain that to me?

The Constitution clearly spells out the requirements for office.  Releasing tax returns, medical records, college record are not part of that.  Maryland is trying to force additional requirements by refusing access to the ballot.  Unconstitutional by any rational measure.

[TomSea]

“Show me in the Constitution where it says that’s a qualification for being president of the United States,” said state Sen. James Brochin, a Democrat representing Baltimore County, according to the Baltimore Sun. “We can’t go along and make up rules when we don’t like the president of the United States.”

I agree, it is Unconstitutional. Just imagine some of the Democrats, if they had to release tax returns, Waters, Pelosi, etc.

[Bigun]

The Constitution clearly spells out the requirements for office.  Releasing tax returns, medical records, college record are not part of that.  Maryland is trying to force additional requirements by refusing access to the ballot.  Unconstitutional by any rational measure.

So how are we to know if someone meets ANY of the requirements spelled out in the Constitution if they are not required to disclose anything?

[Frank Cannon]

I love when localities make these petty and vindictive rules. They always come back to bite them on the ass.

[Hoodat]

The Maryland Senate passed a bill Monday night that would require certain candidates for president and vice president to release copies of their tax returns, legislation aimed at President Trump.

So they keep Trump's name off of the Maryland ballot in 2020.  So what?  As if the Republican candidate had a shot at those 10 electoral votes from the People's Republic of Maryland.

[Just_Victor]

So how are we to know if someone meets ANY of the requirements spelled out in the Constitution if they are not required to disclose anything?

 

No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.

Seems clear to me.

[Bigun]

Seems clear to me.

Yes!  It is VERY clear!  So how are we to know if someone meets those requirement unless he provides the proper documentation?

[Just_Victor]

Yes!  It is VERY clear!  So how are we to know if someone meets those requirement unless he provides the proper documentation?

What part of anyone's tax, medical, or college records are required here?  Prove that you are 35 years old, 14 years a resident, and a "Natural born citizen."   I can't figure out how Maryland's extra-constitutional requirement is allowed uner the Constitution.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

[Fishrrman]

Who cares?
It's Maryland.
When do you think the next Republican candidate for president will win there?

[Fantom]

Each state can make their own voter regulations.   I wonder if this will stand

Voter regulations, not Constitutional requirements of Office. Their are only two..... 34 years old, American at birth.... according to the relevant law at the time.

[Fantom]

Who cares?
It's Maryland.
When do you think the next Republican candidate for president will win there?

If they willfully violate Constitutional requirements of office, then their vote in the Electoral College is void. They are in a state of rebellion against the Republic.