melissa murray in for mehd hassan for nearly half a century it was an obvious, clear norm if you wanted to be th president of the united states you had to show the american public where your money came from it was a norm that began amazingly, with richard nixo during the watergate scandal i 1973, when nixon released hi tax returns to fight off accusations of corruption. in fact, it was nixon s ta filings sparked one of the mos famous quotes in america politics i look on this kind o examination because people hav got to know whether or not their president as a crook, am not a crook, i have earne everything i have got. since then, every america president has released their tax returns or a summary o their taxes. well, all but one. and, you know which one. and you know why, or, at least his explanation of why i will absolutely give my return but i am being audite for two or three years, so, cannot do it until the audit i finished, obviously. it is under, i i will revisit
deserved honor, but, and there is a big but to the story, president gay will take over a harvard next july, right aroun the same time that the supreme court is poised to overturn th university s long-standing rac conscious admissions policy. this means the clotting gu will likely be stepping into a huge legal and political mes as soon as she is sworn in now, i feel this so acutely. in 2016 i became the interim dean at berkeley law after a major sexual harassmen scandal. it was obviously an amazin career opportunity for me bu it was also amazingly fraugh with career risks and i know i am not alone for a lot of women and especially women of color, claudine gays landmark appointment feels a little bit like another case of women getting a much deserve leadership opportunity, bu only in times when their institutions are undergoin some kind of profound crisis