In the wake of the ongoing constitutional debate over presidential powers in the United States, the US Supreme Court has begun a trial to determine whether the president has the right to keep his financial affairs secret.President Trump has not yet released documents that would reveal his personal wealth and the finances of his family company.The president refused to provide the documents, despite requests from two US congressional committees and the New York prosecutor's office to pay taxes to President Trump.
The president's lawyer argues that as long as Donald Trump is president, he has immunity and is not obliged to provide this information.Experts say the Supreme Court's decision will have far-reaching implications for the ruling Congress's ability to review the president's actions and for prosecutors to investigate.
The verdict is expected to be announced before the November presidential election. If a decision is made against President Trump, all his financial affairs will come to light during the election campaign.
Due to the Corona virus epidemic, the Supreme Court judges will hold the hearing over the telephone.
What are the cases?
The three petitions, which are being heard, allege that President Trump's lawyers tried to block the issuance of summons to provide evidence. The lower courts in Washington and New York have ruled against the president, but the executions have been postponed until the Supreme Court rules.
In the US House of Representatives, where the opposition Democratic Party has a majority, two committees called on two banks, Deutsche Bank and Capital One, and President Trump's accountant Mazaris to provide details of the president's accounts and assets.
Deutsche Bank is one of the few banks that was willing to lend despite the bankruptcy of several companies in the 1990s, and documents requested by Congress include President Trump, his Trump organization And details of his family business.
President Trump's lawyers have argued that Congress does not have the authority to issue summonses.
The president's accountant Mazaris was also summoned by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Venus, who is politically affiliated with the Democratic Party.
The investigation involved payments made by former President Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen to adult filmmaker Stormy Dennis and Playboy model Karen McDougall. The two women said they had an affair with the president.
In the case, President Trump's lawyers said the relevant record could not be provided because Donald Trump has immunity as president and no criminal action can be taken against him.
What is the justification of the cases?
Unlike other former presidents, President Trump has refused to provide details of his tax liabilities, and the lawsuit is one of the most controversial in the president's powers.
In 1974, the Supreme Court unanimously decided that then-President Richard Nixon should comply with court orders and present all tapes of the Watergate scandal to the court.
Then, in 1997, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Clinton should be tried for sexual harassment.
Judges nominated by President Nixon and President Clinton to the Supreme Court also ruled against him.
In the current Supreme Court, the Republican Party has a five-judge lead over four, including two judges nominated by President Trump, Neil Gorsch and Brett Kavanagh.
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What if the United States is divided?
Polarization among the American people has grown rapidly over the past few years. Republicans and Democrats are getting tougher every day.
Experts believe that the situation in the United States after the civil war on the issue of slavery is more or less the same today.
Bernard Grafman, a political scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, says the polarization in the US Congress today is unprecedented in the last 100 years.
California, the largest state in the United States, is also suffering from this polarization. Over the past few decades, differences between the people of California and the rest of the United States have grown.
In the same vein, there have been proposals ranging from dividing California into smaller states and separating it from the United States.
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Monica Taft, a lecturer at Tufts University in Boston, says the people of California are convinced that the federal government is not protecting their interests. He believes that California's economic growth is possible only if it is divided into smaller parts.
In many respects, the people of California are different from the rest of the American population.
What if California separates?
Although California's secession from the United States is unlikely in the long run, what if we assume that it will? What effect will this separation have on the United States and the rest of the world?
The US Constitution does not allow the secession of any state. The people of California do not demand secession from the United States, but if so, will there be another civil war in the United States?
There are no signs of a civil war in the United States yet, but when a part of a country is separated, riots break out. The same thing happened in the United States 157 years ago when the southern states, which were in favor of enslaving blacks, declared their secession from the United States.
In this civil war, 620,000 Americans lost their lives and the foundations of the United States were shaken.
There are many such examples in the world when a country is divided, there are riots. When India and Pakistan were divided in 1947, more than a million people died.
Similarly, in 1971, when Bangladesh seceded from Pakistan, there was widespread violence. Similarly, when the African country of Eritrea announced its secession from Ethiopia, there was a civil war for almost 30 years.
But when the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic separated in 1993, the issue was settled amicably. Britain's secession from the European Union has so far been peaceful.
If California secedes from the United States, Republicans will be happy to say no. But supporters of the Democratic Party may not accept it. This is because California has been a stronghold of the Democratic Party for decades. Without its political clout, no Democratic candidate would be able to become president of the United States.
The powerhouse of politics
California is the most populous US state. If it separates from the United States, then the Republican Party will dominate in the United States and it will easily get a majority in Parliament.
Experts say that if Obama or Clinton have been elected president of the United States since the 1990s, California has played a key role.
In the event of California's secession, the rest of the Democratic Party is likely to abandon tolerance and support extremist ideologies, as was the case under President Eisenhower in the 1950s and 1960s.
If California were to secede, the foundations of the American economy would be shaken. California will be the fifth largest economy in the world. Its economic strength will be trillion more than the UK. The US government receives the most taxes from California.
Experts believe that the strength of the US dollar will weaken. The dollar will be replaced by the European currency, the euro, or the Chinese currency, the yuan.
The United States will no longer be a superpower after the secession of California. He will be more dependent on his allies. With the rise of the right wing, it will be closer to countries like Russia and Hungary, while relations with neighboring Canada will not be good. The same will be true of relations with Mexico.
In the event of California's secession, we will see rapid progress toward global warming and pollution control, but the rise of extremist thinking in the United States will hamper world unity.
Refugee paradise
California's thinking is moderate. In that case, most people coming to the United States will go to California. The influx of new people into business areas like Silicon Valley will accelerate growth.
California has a large Latin American population in agriculture. They play an important role in the state's economy. After the separation, California can ease immigration law.
This could lead to tensions between North and South within California. While people in Southern California are moderate about immigrants, people in Northern California want immigration to stop.
One of the implications of California's secession from the United States may be that many liberal states, from Maryland to Pennsylvania, have begun to demand secession from the United States, as conservative tendencies must prevail in the United States after California's secession. Liberal states will be forced to secede.