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Trump-appointed justice Kavanaugh trends for vote to release POTUS' financial records as 'no one is above law'

The vote is a legal defeat for Trump as 7 justices, including Trump-appointed Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch ruled he's not immune to investigation
UPDATED JUL 9, 2020
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Shortly after the Supreme Court, on Thursday, July 9, ruled that President Donald J. Trump cannot block a subpoena for his financial records, Kavanaugh began trending on Twitter as the Trump-appointed justice voted against the president. The historic decision is considered a major legal and political defeat for Trump as at least seven justices, including Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch — both appointed by Trump — ruled that the president is not immune to a criminal investigation. 

The top court's decision came after Trump claimed absolute immunity from criminal investigative process after he attempted to block a subpoena for his financial records sought by a New York prosecutor. Chief Justice John Roberts, in his ruling, wrote for the 7-2 majority, stating: "Article II and the Supremacy Clause do not categorically preclude, or require a heightened standard for, the issuance of a state criminal subpoena to a sitting President." The SC, however, returned the matter to a lower court for further proceedings to permit the president to "raise further arguments as appropriate."

While Kavanaugh, in his concurring opinion, wrote: “In our system of government, as this Court has often stated, no one is above the law. That principle applies, of course, to a President.” Shortly after the ruling, several social media users took to Twitter to note that Kavanagh, a close friend of Trump, and Gorsuch, both voted against him.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh (L) shakes hands with President Donald Trump during Kavanaugh's ceremonial swearing in in the East Room of the White House October 08, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

"The most surprising part about all of this (ruling) is that Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch, the very Justices that Trump appointed, ruled that Article II and the Supremacy Clause can’t shield the President from a state criminal subpoena. The President is not a King who is above the law," one user wrote.

"Kavanaugh deciding against Trump gave me hope in our Justice System," another user wrote. "Guys, both KAVANAUGH AND GORSUCH concurred that New York can get Trump's taxes. Trump's two handpicked justices ruled against him. WOW. You know that is infuriating him," a third added.

President Trump, after the ruling, tweeted, writing: "Courts in the past have given “broad deference”. BUT NOT ME!" To which another user replied with saying: "How does it feel to have your own two high court appointee toadies, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, uphold the law instead of kissing your crooked ass?"

One user referred to the 2018 sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford: "Lmao Kavanaugh went against @realDonaldTrump
the man who actively help him win a rape case." Trump has supported Kavanaugh during the allegations. 

One Twitter user asked: "Who is Trump going to be more pissed off about? Kavanaugh or Gorsuch voting to hand over his #TrumpTaxes" To which another replied with: "Without question Kavanaugh. Trump thought he had Kavanaugh in his pocket. Gorsuch is a decent man."

Chief Justice Roberts, who recently sided with the court's liberal side in a high-profile case, further stated in the ruling: "Two hundred years ago, a great jurist of our Court established that no citizen, not even the President, is categorically above the common duty to produce evidence when called upon in a criminal proceeding. We reaffirm that principle today and hold that the President is neither absolutely immune from state criminal subpoenas seeking his private papers nor entitled to a heightened standard of need." 

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