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Two legal proceedings regarding President Trump’s tax records have reached the Supreme Court. This report clarifies the disputes and their statuses at the Supreme Court. Trump V. Vance Who is requesting the records? New York State prosecutors are requesting Trump’s financial records from Mazars, Trump’s accounting firm.   What do they want the records for? The NY prosecutors want the financial records so they can investigate whether “several individuals and entities have committed criminal violations of New York law.” Court records indicate the prosecutors have not specifically identified Trump as one of the individuals they are criminally investigating.   What are Trump’s arguments against the order to release the records? Trump argues the prosecutors want the financial records to criminally investigate him. Under federal law, the President is immune from state criminal proceedings, so Trump’s accounting firm does not have to obey the request under NY state crimin...

Argument: November 12, 2019 Petitioner Brief : DHS, et al. Respondent Briefs : California, et al. , Regents, et al. , D.C. , New York, et al. , DACA Recipients, et al. Courts below: U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Second Circuit and D.C. Circuit. The legal battle over DACA: A Preview This week the Supreme Court will be hearing oral arguments on legal issues related to a highly controversial action by the Trump administration. The federal government declared it will cut the federal DACA program which gives certain undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship in the United States. Three lawsuits challenging the decision to terminate DACA have reached the Supreme Court, and the Justices will address the legal issues together. What is Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals? Deferred action for childhood arrivals (“DACA”) is a program that permits undocumented people to apply for work authorization and protection from deportation in two-year increments. The Obama a...