The Supreme Court has temporarily shielded the bank records of President Donald Trump and three of his children from being obtained by House Democrats.

An order signed by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday declares that the House cannot enforce subpoenas issued to Deutsche Bank and Capital One at least until December 13.

The justices are scheduled to discuss at least one and maybe two other similar cases at their private conference that day.

One concerns a subpoena from the House Oversight Committee seeking records from Mazars LLP, Trump's longtime accounting firm. The other is a demand from the Manhattan district attorney for Trump's tax returns.

The district attorney has agreed to hold off enforcing his subpoena until the justices act. A decision on whether to hear the cases could come by mid-December.

The subpoenas in the case heard on Friday seek documents pertaining to Trump and three of his five children: Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump.

They also seek financial records involving the Trump Organization and other Trump business holdings.

The Supreme Court has temporarily shielded the bank records of President Donald Trump and three of his children from House Democrats on Friday

Trial judges and appellate panels in all three cases have ruled that the records held by the banks and Trump's accounting firm, Mazars USA, must be turned over.

However, after Friday's order, Trump's lawyers now have added time to file a formal appeal of the lower court's ruling.

'The subpoenas targeting the president, his family and his business dealings do not fall within the committees' constitutional or statutory authority,' Trump's lawyers wrote.

They added that the president should not be prevented from contesting an 'unprecedented demand for his personal papers' simply because the request was made to a third party.

The request was filed with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who oversees emergency appeals from New York

The Supreme Court are set to meet at a private conference on December 13 to discuss at least one and maybe two other similar cases pertaining to Trump's financial records

Trump filed an appeal to the Supreme Court on Thursday in the separate case seeking to prevent the House Oversight Committee from obtaining financial records from Mazars LLP - his longtime accounting firm.

An appeals court in Washington ruled against Trump in that case back in October.

Both cases represent an important showdown over the powers of the presidency versus those of Congress.

The lower court rulings, if left intact, would bring House Democrats closer to getting some of the details about Trump's business interests even as they pursue an impeachment inquiry focusing on his dealings with Ukraine.

Donald Trump and his eldest three children - Don Jr., Ivanka, and Eric, are facing demands for their finances going back to when he led the family business and Ivanka, now a White House aide, was an executive. They all took part in a groundbreaking for his Washington D.C. hotel. His two sons now jointly control the company.

Trump, running for re-election in 2020, has fought to keep his financial and tax records private. He broke with tradition by not releasing his tax returns as a candidate in 2016 and as president.

Trump sued Deutsche Bank and Capital One in an effort to prevent the disclosure of his financial records.

The court has a 5-4 conservative majority that includes two Trump appointees: Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.

All three cases could be put on a fast track, meaning that if the court decides to hear them, a ruling would be possible before the end of June, when its current term ends.