On November 21, the California Supreme Court issued a ruling in Patterson v Padilla, finding that the new law requiring presidential primary candidates to disclose their tax returns if they want to be on a presidential primary ballot violates the California Constitution.  The opinion is unanimous.Source: California Supreme Court Unanimously Rules that California Tax Returns-Ballot Law Violates the State Constitution...

By Staff Writer California’s highest court will decide Thursday whether the state can require presidential candidates, including President Trump, to disclose their tax returns in order to appear on the state’s primary ballot.Source: California’s top court to decide whether state can force Trump to disclose tax returns...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) – Already cast as a constitutional “trampling” by a federal judge, California’s bid to reveal President Donald Trump’s tax returns to primary voters sputtered again Wednesday before the state Supreme Court.Source: Justices Skeptical of California’s Demand of Tax Returns From Candidates...

On October 1, U.S. District Court Judge Morrison England issued a 24-page opinion, explaining why he had orally enjoined California’s new tax returns-ballot bill on September 19.Source: U.S. District Court Judge Explains Why He Enjoined the California Tax Returns-Ballot Law on September 19...

California's overzealousness could threaten its credibility in the many legitimate fights it is waging against Trump. Transgressing yet another norm, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump failed to release his tax returns during the 2016 election.Source: Trump vs. California: Democrats risk both legal and political defeat in battle over tax returns...