As long as they continue to use the word emoluments, it is way too abstract for the majority of the American public. Can we just say bribery instead?
Might as well skip all the interim steps, take it right to the Supreme Court.
Can skip that hearing as well, just issue the 5-4 vote supporting Trump that we all know is coming.
How is it that DoJ lawyers are acting as Trumpâs defense? Shouldnât the WH counsel or, better yet, Trumpâs private lawyers be doing it (at his expense)?
Trump packed the corrupted court. They will let him off the hook with a 5-4 vote.
Remember all of those who said that the courts would protect us from the worst behaviors of the Trump administration? Well, that doesnât seem to be working so well. . . .
ââŚthereby avoiding the need to address Plaintiffsâ novel Foreign Emoluments Clause claimâŚâ
The only thing ânovelâ about the claim is that ANYONE in government is attempting to follow the rule of law, and forcing Trump to obey the laws and the Constitution!
Nip It In The Bud?
If they canât sue him, impeach him.
The Court hasnât ruled yet.
Someday his base will finally wake and realize Don the Con would never allow them in the front door of his country clubs. In the meantime, heâll pick their pockets clean.
In the short-term, it seems that he is going to get away with all of this, which is absolutely infuriating. I am hoping that, in the end, this goes the way of so many older horror films, and the villain is ultimately done in by his creation.
They may say youâre a dreamer, well, youâre not the only one.
If the guys name was Obama Hannity would be sitting his pants every night!
They wouldnât be incorrect though. I dislike the court route, but Congress is useless. It is a sad state of affairs.
So Hannity does his show pantless? Or were you thinking of 
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Regardless, the government slammed Sullivanâs ruling as âin substantial tensionâ with legal precedent.
âCongress can still vote on whether to consent or to withhold consent to the Presidentâs alleged acceptance of foreign emoluments,â government attorneys argue. âIf the Presidentâs past alleged violations cannot be adequately remedied by congressional action now, it is not clear how this Court would be in a better position to provide a remedy.â
You know âgovernment attorneysâ if you are successful with this then the emoluments clause goes bye-bye. Do Republicans really want to go down this road, give up this avenue to open investigations of a Democratic Pres?
Until SCOTUS is comprised of one Justice whose name is Kavanaugh whoâll do all the deciding, defeat is not at all on the horizon.
Letâs start calling it the Trump Court.
.CA. must have sent all of the Rednecks they could to TX. The disposition of liberals are different here than .CA. We are not as sunny. Some of my in-laws still live in Orange County, my brother in law was part of the SDS, in his day, the other is right wing nut, my sister in law, converted since Trump was elected.
Looking back there are two places I should have lived, So. CA and Denver.