US supreme court to rule on Trump tax returns while coronavirus cases soar – live updates
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11.33am BST
Yesterday, Atlanta’s mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms signed an executive order mandating masks in Georgia’s largest city, defying Gov. Brian Kemp’s decision to strongly encourage but not require face coverings. It’s another flashpoint between the pair who have already clashed recently over policing issues.
“Other cities have taken the approach that they are going to defy the governor’s executive order. Savannah has done it, some other cities have done it, and Atlanta is going to do it today,” Bottoms told MSNBC. “Because the fact of the matter is that Covid-19 is wreaking havoc on our cities, specifically black and brown communities with higher death rates.”
At no point has science or any interest in the facts driven the governor’s policy decisions. Now, as the Republican party belatedly caves to the necessity of wearing face coverings in public, Kemp has joined the pro-mask chorus – but only because otherwise there might not be a college football season. Because that’s what counts in Georgia: not our neighbors, especially black Georgians, getting decimated in the early stages of the outbreak, not the health and welfare of the state’s healthcare workers and their families, but the God-given right of all Georgia’s people to assemble in outdoor stadiums and watch black bodies break themselves on a field for sport.
Related: Georgia's 're-opening' during Covid-19 has been a disaster. Take it from me | David Ferguson
11.15am BST
Here’s a little reminder of what we can expect at the US supreme court today. The cases being decided today hinge on whether Congress and the Manhattan district attorney can see President Donald Trump’s taxes and other financial records.
Trump has fought bitterly to keep them a secret. Mark Sherman at Associated Press reports that the case is viewed as a test of the balance of power between the White House and Congress, as well as Trump’s assertion that he can’t be investigated while he holds office. Continue reading...
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