Congress can approve his emoluments—and they will.
“Window dressing” is all Trump is interested in. Between his conflicts and the House’s castration of the Office of Congressional Ethics, I think the Age of Kleptocracy is upon us. This is why they admire Putin.
No, they cannot. Congress cannot approve violations of the Constitution.
Citizens can sue over constitutional violations. I’m ready. Who else will stand up and be counted?
Well, of course.
No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.
n that’s the current question.
Would they?
LibTards racist agAinst successFul billionaire Businessmen. Sad!
Here’s an article from Brookings.
Nine more days…yes
Lawyers: “As long as you retain ownership of The Trump Organization, you will
ultimately be the financial beneficiary of business arrangements made by
domestic and foreign interests who are seeking favorable treatment from
your administration on policy matters …”
Trump: Well OF COURSE! Why else run for president? Duh!
We are watching our democracy crumble before our eyes and there’s nothing we can do about it. Efforts to stop this from happening will wither and die, just like the form of government we once enjoyed.
Democrats should bring up every potential emolument to the House floor for approval votes.
Bipartisan? Where is Heritage, AEI, CATO? Hoover? Hudson? yada, yada, yada.
I don’t’ think they can. Nothing gets a vote that the Speaker doesn’t allow, no?
He’ll do as he damn well pleases.
Where do I sign up?
The ones they find out about.
The Speaker of the House can decree a vote is not permitted. Essentially he can demand by show of hands or voice vote whether the body even wants to consider a matter, then summarily say the matter is disposed of with no vote taken.
Sure, but they can bring up each separate violation. The idea is to get press attention, not to force an actual vote. Though if the House refuses to consider, there might be grounds for a lawsuit, if someone has standing.
Yes, that’s what it reads. There is also a domestic emoluments clause, which has mostly been ignored. Article 2, Sec. 1: “The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services, a compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that period any other emolument from the United States, or any of them.” So any time a Trump property gets a benefit from a state government (or, arguably, a municipality, because municipalities are creatures of the state), that violates the Constitution.
I get it. The public would listen to negative news about Trump, and it would negatively affect his ability to do his job, and also hinder avoiding dealing with conflict of interest issues. The public has proven willing to exact a penalty against Trump once examples of his illegal or loutish behavior is exposed, that’s for sure.