Law Review:House Democrats yesterday sued the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service for access to President Trump’s tax returns, taking to the courts  a demand that Trump and the administration have repeatedly dismissed as illegitimate.

 The case may ultimately go before the Supreme Court to determine whether the financial information Trump has guarded despite longstanding tradition will be handed over to Congress and the public. The law seems to say clearly that the House Ways and Means Committee can examine any tax return they wish, but the administration claims the demand lacks a proper legislative reason.

 Also in the court and legislative arena, the administration has given up on its plan to put a citizenship question on the 2020 census form. The President said the government has a right to know who’s in the country illegally, but opponents said it was an effort to depress the head count in Democratic urban areas, and ultimately the power of the Democratic party.

 Trump tweeted, “a very sad time for America” and “USA! USA! USA!”

No Room at the Inn:In a strongly-worded report, the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General warns of “dangerous overcrowding” in Border Patrol detention facilities in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas.

The inspector general said the detention of migrants without proper food, hygiene, or laundry facilities — some for more than a month — requires “immediate attention and action.”

 The report comes with pictures of detainees packed in like sardines.

In one room at Customs and Border Protection’s Fort Brown station in Texas, 51 women were in a cell were in a cell with a capacity of 40 juveniles, according to the report. In another, 71 men were held in a cell designated for 41.

 The inspectors wrote that, “We are concerned that overcrowding and prolonged detention represent an immediate risk to the health and safety of DHS agents and officers, and to those detained,” they wrote.

Up in Arms:With internal turmoil roiling the National Rifle Association, a wealthy donor to the organization is mounting an effort to unseat the organization’s powerful leader, Wayne Lapierre, who has been the face of gun rights for a generation.

 The NY Times reports that David Dell’Aquila said the NRA.’s internal warfare “has become a daily soap opera and it’s decaying and destroying the NRA from within, and it needs to stop.”

 Lapierre threw out two high executives who rebelled against him. He has been accused of expensing hundreds of thousands of dollars-worth of personal purchases. Dell’Aquila said, “Even if these allegations regarding Mr. Lapierre and his leadership are false, he has become radioactive and must step down.”

To Tell the Truth:President Trump is planning a campaign rally in the battleground state of North Carolina on the same day later this month that former special counsel Robert Mueller is scheduled to testify openly before Congress.

 Although Trump claims … falsely … that he Special Counsel report exonerates him, something about this rattles him. He tweeted, “He said he could only stick to the Report, & that is what he would and must do. After so much testimony & total transparency, this Witch Hunt must now end. No more Do Overs. No Collusion, No Obstruction. The Great Hoax is dead!”

Not Guilty:Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher was found not guilty of premeditated murder of an ISIS prisoner in a case in which his fellow SEALs had turned against him. He was accused of killing an ISIS fighter being treated by medics and posing for a picture with the body. Gallagher was found guilty only of posing with the corpse.

The Obit Page:Lee Iacocca, the auto executive who ran Ford motors and then became a celebrity saving Chrysler, has died at home in Bel Air, California at age 93.

 In 32 years at Ford, Iacocca was a flashy executive who pushed the notion of the “dream car” in American life. He was behind the creation of the Ford Mustang. Iacocca became the company president at 46, only to be toppled in 1978 by the founder’s grandson, Henry Ford II.

 But Iacocca landed on his feet just across the street in the auto industry, leading Chrysler out of failure in one of the more dramatic turnarounds in American business history.

 At a time when the powerful Ayatollah Khomeini was running Iran, Iacocca was jokingly referred to as “the Iacocca.” He became a household name, doing his own ads for Chrysler in which he said, “If you can find a better car, buy it.”

Kickball:In a match that could easily have gone the other way, the American women beat England 2-1 yesterday to win a slot in the World Cup championship.

Christen Press, starting for the injured scoring threat Megan Rapinoe, and Alex Morgan, on her 30th birthday, scored for the Americans.

The Americans avoided near-elimination when an England goal was called back for an offsides violation and goalie Alyssa Naeher saved the game stopping a free kick.

 Next Sunday the US plays the winner of today’s game with the Netherlands against Sweden.

Evolution:A Purdue University study has found that the common German species of cockroaches roaches are being born with an immunity to toxins with which they haven’t yet been in contact. The shocking study concluded the evolution of the German cockroach, also called the Blattella germanica, develops an immunity to new poisons in as little as one generation.

 They have yet to develop an immunity to being stepped on.

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