California justices reject law requiring Trump tax returns
BRIAN MELLEY
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump does not have to disclose his tax returns to appear as a candidate on California's primary ballot next spring, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday.
The law, the first of its kind in the nation and aimed squarely at Trump, violates the state constitution's "specification of an inclusive open presidential primary ballot," the court said.
"Ultimately, it is the voters who must decide whether the refusal of a 'recognized candidate throughout the nation or throughout California for the office of President of the United States' to make such information available to the public will have consequences at the ballot box," Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye wrote in the 7-0 decision.
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