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Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments about President Trump's tax returns, and we in the public got to listen in simply by going online.

Pardon, sir.

Not presidential finances.

We're asking for his personal returns before he became president.

Those are very different things. The fact that what I hold today will also apply to a future Senator McCarthy

asking a future Franklin Roosevelt or Harry Truman exactly the same questions.

That bothers me.

But the aura of this case is really thoughts for the goose that serve the gander as well.

The Supreme Court has resisted live streaming oral arguments for years.

Previously, members of the public could only witness the proceedings live if they

queued up outside the court to get one of the 50 tickets guaranteed to the public.

People are lining up over here just to get a seat inside the courtroom tomorrow morning

to see these justices announce this historic ruling.

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