Supreme Court Stays D.C. Circuit's Mandate to Release Trump Tax Records

Steven D. Schwinn, UIC John Marshall Law School

The full Supreme Court issued an order yesterday staying the D.C. Circuit's mandate to Mazars to release President Trump's financial records, including tax filings, pending a writ of cert. on or before December 5.

The order extends a previous stay issued by Chief Justice Roberts and prompts President Trump to seek Supreme Court review. But the very brief order itself signals nothing about whether the Court will grant review, or how it will rule if it does. There's no dissenting opinion.

The stay expires on December 5, at noon, if no writ of cert. is filed.

If the Court grants review, we could have a ruling this spring or summer. But we won't get the taxes in the meantime.