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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 2696434" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/05/grahams-2020-tax-law-potus-candidates-unconstitutional/" target="_blank">Graham’s 2020 Tax Law for POTUS Candidates Unconstitutional</a></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) is proposing a federal law that would require all candidates for president to release their 1040 personal income tax returns, including President Donald Trump. But such a law should not survive a court challenge, because it would be unconstitutional.</strong></span></p><p>Article II of the Constitution sets forth three criteria to be eligible for president. A person must be (1) a natural born citizen, (2) at least 35 years of age, and (3) been residing in the United States for at least 14 years before the election.</p><p></p><p>That is all. Everything else is left to the voters to decide whom they want as commander in chief. Consequently, a federal statute requiring submitting tax returns would impose a requirement beyond what the Constitution specifies. Any candidate running for the presidency in 2020 would have legal standing to challenge the statute’s legality in court.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 2696434, member: 12952"] [URL="http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/05/grahams-2020-tax-law-potus-candidates-unconstitutional/"]Graham’s 2020 Tax Law for POTUS Candidates Unconstitutional[/URL] [SIZE=5][B]Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) is proposing a federal law that would require all candidates for president to release their 1040 personal income tax returns, including President Donald Trump. But such a law should not survive a court challenge, because it would be unconstitutional.[/B][/SIZE] Article II of the Constitution sets forth three criteria to be eligible for president. A person must be (1) a natural born citizen, (2) at least 35 years of age, and (3) been residing in the United States for at least 14 years before the election. That is all. Everything else is left to the voters to decide whom they want as commander in chief. Consequently, a federal statute requiring submitting tax returns would impose a requirement beyond what the Constitution specifies. Any candidate running for the presidency in 2020 would have legal standing to challenge the statute’s legality in court. [/QUOTE]
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