Congressional Democrats do have standing to sue President Trump over his continued relationship with his real estate company, a federal judge ruled Friday afternoon, giving the Trump opponents a chance to make their case in court.
Judge Emmet G. Sullivan’s ruling does not find that the president is violating the Constitution. Instead it keeps Democrats alive in the courtroom, where they can continue to make that case and work for a broader ruling against Mr. Trump.
Led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, more than 200 Democrats in Congress have accused the president of violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution by continuing to gain income from the Trump International hotel in Washington, and other properties.
They say that because foreign governments rent rooms at the hotel, Mr. Trump is enriching himself from those governments. The Constitution prohibits the president from taking any “emolument” from a foreign government unless he gets permission from Congress.
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5 comments:
This kind of thing runs deep in the government. From the top down to the town you live in.
Jeff Sessions needs to do something besides hiding.
Another reason why we need to appoint constitutionalists to the courts The inten of the emoluments clause was outside of existing businesses.
So Congress should rule on every reservation at Trump Hotels as to the motives of the guest? Give me a break just more RESIST CRAP!
How many of our representatives own farmlands, or pieces of companies that do or directly benefit from, and yet vote for farm subsidies?
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