White House believes the Supreme Court 'justices did not rule against' Trump withholding his tax records.
The court's two other conservatives, Associate Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, dissented.
The landmark rulings carry political, legal and constitutional implications for the president, Congress and law enforcement officials who argued the records could reveal evidence of criminal wrongdoing. For the time being, they mean the public won't see Trump's financial documents: Grand jury investigations are secret, and three House committees won't get the records in the midst of the presidential campaign.
Kavanaugh and Gorsuch did not join the majority opinion's reasoning. Kavanaugh wrote separately for the duo, stressing that Trump's lawyers can raise new arguments at the district court level. It's there, Roberts said, that"the president may raise further arguments as appropriate.""In our system of government, as this court has often stated, no one is above the law," he said."That principle applies, of course, to a president.
In dissent, Thomas said the New York case should be returned to lower courts to determine whether Trump's duties as president should preclude compliance with the grand jury subpoena. Alito was more adamant that it should be struck down. "The subpoena at issue here is unprecedented," Alito said."Never before has a local prosecutor subpoenaed the records of a sitting president. The court’s decision threatens to impair the functioning of the presidency and provides no real protection against the use of the subpoena power by the nation’s 2,300+ local prosecutors."
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