Gavin Newsom thinks he’s a king, above the Constitution

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California Democrats seem to think they’re entitled to decide for the entire country who is and is not allowed to run for president. The courts, however, are about to remind the Golden State’s political bullies that they aren’t any more significant to our constitutional system than their counterparts in Wyoming or Montana.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, was just slapped with two lawsuits over a law he signed last week requiring candidates to release their tax returns in order to qualify for the state’s primary ballot, a nakedly partisan stunt that was specifically designed to target President Trump.

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