Responding to my question about emoluments lawsuit, Trump calls suit “Totally without merit.”
Wasn’t his initial response to the trump U lawsuit the same? How’d that turn out for you dt?
Trump Dismisses Emoluments Clause Lawsuit: 'Totally Without Merit’
…which is how you know it Totally Has Merit.
The only way to nail Trump on this is going to be from outside the US. There are 2 sides to any deal.
“Trump: Totally Without Merit.”
Sums himself up well.
I hope he takes that attitude into the courtroom with him.
Just give him the rope, he will hang himself…
The real issue isn’t that it’s totally without merit, which it definitely isn’t, but that it might be totally without standing. It’s not clear that any private group or individual has standing to sue on this .It might be something only the Congress can adjudicate via impeachment. Which is lame, but I guess we’ll see how the courts rule.
You probably did not know that Trump was a nationally recognized Constitutional scholar and that when Trump says that the Emoluments Clause is bullsh*t, he knows from whence he spake!
Glad that he has cleared that up!
…"There is little history surrounding the Clause since it was inserted in the original Constitution in 1787, but what history there is suggests quite strongly that it would mainly be up to Congress to enforce its restriction on foreign largesse for an American president or other federal officials…
"But what if no inquiry is sent to Congress? Then, it seems, a discovery of a potential violation would depend upon the diligence of the lawmakers in monitoring how a president who also has extensive financial interests deals with foreign governments. If Congress is controlled by the same political party as the White House, what would the incentive be to engage in such 1monitoring? Perhaps only if potential violations otherwise became public knowledge might the lawmakers take notice…
"Thus, the first question to be raised in monitoring what a President Trump might be doing that could raise concerns under the Emoluments Clause is how to find out when an arm of his business had dealings with a foreign government. How could that be probed by, say, investigative journalists? What kind of public reports, if any, might be revealing? Would the foreign government talk publicly about such a transaction?
I think Trump is under the impression that an Emolument is like some kind of herbal enema. He will probably ask some Russian hooker to give him one.
The “injury” in this case is pretty weak, but there are plenty of companies that are hurt by the implicit corruption of foreign governments patronizing Trump’s businesses.
@badabingo He’s a konztitooshunal skolar (cr. Charles Pierce) just like Mike Lee!
“Totally without merit”…And so begins fewd with the media number…How about a can you elaborate mr. pres? or whats your response…only crickets
Cheeto Donnie had the legal advice of the esteemed constitutional lawyer, Sean Spiceboy.
The munt now has a law degree?
If the President says it’s constitutional, it is.
#alternativefacts
And what, pray tell, is a “pool spray?”
(Unless the Russian piss whores took Donnie down to the spa…)
Have you seen all the Kremlinology since Saturday? People are speculating that Bannon purposely didn’t discourage Spicer from going full-auto because he wanted Trump to can him. I still say the final match will be between Kushner and Bannon, but they’re wily enough to form a non-aggression pact until Priebus and his hires are gone.
Trump thinks the US Constitution is without merit?
It gets worse.