Proud of @bradhoylman and @NYSenDems for using the rule of law to combat those who flout it, even the president.https://twitter.com/NYSenate/status/1126176050495524865 …
We should expand on this to require the Commissioner to automatically publish the returns of both candidates and incumbents. Thus, disclosure would be a consequence of running rather than a potentially unconstitutional prerequisite.
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If there is a constitutional limit on requiring release of tax returns absent compulsory process like a subpoena, a statute would not cure it. Presumably the constitutional infirmity lies within the right to privacy, so the subpoena is the right limit on that right.
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The constitutional issue concerns qualifications for office, not privacy. Qualifications are set in Constitution. Automatic tax data release, performed by someone other than officeholder, is better than requiring release *by* candidates or office holders.
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