***BREAKING NEWS *** Federal Judge Allows Emoluments Case Against Trump To Proceed

[DemocratSinceBirth]

A federal judge on Wednesday rejected President Trump’s latest effort to stop a lawsuit that alleges Trump is violating the Constitution by continuing to do business with foreign governments.

The ruling, from U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte in Greenbelt, Md., will allow the plaintiffs in the case — the attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia — to proceed with their case, which says Trump has violated the Constitution’s little-used emoluments clause.

The plaintiffs now want to interview Trump Organization employees and search company records to determine which foreign countries have spent money at Trump’s hotel in downtown Washington

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal-judge-allows-emoluments-case-against-trump-to-proceed/2018/07/25/c8070206-8fa4-11e8-8322-b5482bf5e0f5_story.html?utm_term=.a139529edd62

[dalton99a]

1. Great news

[olegramps]

23. Tie he up in investigations until he looks like a pretzel

[NewJeffCT]

2. And people keep complaining that Democrats aren't fighting hard enough

this was brought by Sen. Richard Blumenthal and 195 other Democrats signed on with the suit.

[ehrnst]

5. Indeed (nt)

[NewJeffCT]

7. my bad

this is a separate lawsuit brought by the AGs of Maryland and Washington DC against Trump. There is a SEPARATE lawsuit from Democrats in Congress that is also proceeding.

[Cha]

47. OK.. also Good to know.. Thank you! No doubt Dems

in Maryland

[bettyellen]

26. I say this every damn day! Yesterday it was over gerrymandering...

The day before how Obama squandered his first four years w a “super majority”.... the lies people on our on side disseminate daily has to be fought.
Thanks Jeff! :wave:

[NewJeffCT]

27. Hi Betty

Democrats had a supermajority in the Senate for only a few months - it took several months for the Norm Coleman/Al Franken race to be resolved and lawsuits settled. For the next few months, Dems had a supermajority until Ted Kennedy passed away and then the Democrat got shocked in the special election against Scott Brown.

[bettyellen]

29. Yes- it was apparently just 99 days. I pointed that out to someone (a Dem no less) and they

Checked and calculated it.

[Cha]

48. Yes, poor things latch on to anything they

can to try and denigrate President Obama and the Democratic Party.

Thank You for your doses of Reality, bettyellen.

[bettyellen]

49. Lately Ive been reading how the Dems have controlled government for the last generation!! It's all

their fault because our society is Democratic and it hasn’t worked out. I thought it was a parody, but nope... it was a new “progressive” who hates the DNC. Such ignorance.

[Cha]

50. Yeah, I don't consider them

honest brokers for reality.

[Cha]

46. Good to know, NewJeff! Yes those who have NO clue

are always complaining about the Dems not doing anything. Just because they don't know about it.. it didn't happen.

".. brought by Sen. Richard Blumenthal and 195 other Democrats signed on with the suit."

[spanone]

3. about time

[lpbk2713]

4. And Trump's walls come tumbling down.

I love it.

[Initech]

6. Lock him up!!!!

[Achilleaze]

8. While we're at it, I want a tax refund for Dirty Donny*s gourmet golf goof offs

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

11. Also reimbursement for the political rally he held at the VFW.

If I were a VFW member, I would have walked out once he switched into "rally mode."

The more he talks, the more he becomes like Fidel Castro, who could get on a rant for hours, while his citizens had to stand and listen to it. You definitely did not want to walk out on Fidel Castro.

[Wwcd]

9. All Lies Matter

[gratuitous]

10. "The little-used emoluments clause"

Little used because for 44 consecutive presidents - even the worst, most venial ones - they all knew and understood the plain constitutional language. Jimmy Carter even sold his family peanut farm to avoid any potential entanglements.

We don't even have Trump's tax returns to know the extent of his financial benefits and obligations.

[honest.abe]

12. I wonder if Cohen had a copy of Trumps tax returns in his office.

If so Mueller then has them.

[FakeNoose]

30. Great idea, but

...chances are that Cohen didn't have access to that kind of info. I doubt if the Trump kiddies have ever seen them, and probably only very few highest level Trump Org. employees are privy. Michael Cohen wouldn't have been considered "highest level" according to what I've read.

[Capperdan]

35. Shouldn't that be $130,00 ?

Need a poster re-do.

[FakeNoose]

40. Yes you're correct, but this is old

It's from the time before Stormy Daniels I think.
I didn't make this I found it on Twitter.

[PunksMom]

33. I'm thinking...

Mueller had them a long time ago👍🏼

[Cosmocat]

17. If this POTUS is not held accountable to the emolumnents clause

They might as just take a sharpie and black it out of the constitution ...

[leftieNanner]

13. This would be a good step in the right direction

That direction being the complete and utter destruction of all of AssHole45's businesses so that he is left destitute and drooling in the corner with his absurd comb over hanging down on one side.

Nah. I don't have an attitude.

[Dopers_Greed]

14. The Repukes are trying to Kavanaugh in ASAP to block this

[RandomAccess]

15. Nice touch to add The Apprentice theme music!!

I'm thrilled with this decision. That's bugged me from the get-go, and I'm sick of it.

[Chemisse]

16. Finally a little accountability!

It's amazing what he's been able to get away with.

[Scurrilous]

18. K&R

[kentuck]

19. Why do they act as if that is such a minor charge ??

It was put in the Constitution for a very good reason .

[targetpractice]

20. Well said... Like that "little used' treason charge...

Laws aren't weighted by how often they are broken.

[kentuck]

21. +1000

[MoonRiver]

22. Wow, this is awesome!

[lindysalsagal]

24. A sign that he still doesn't own the courts. If we lose the house in nov, he will.

[trueblue2007]

25. they are crooks. LockThemAllUp

[blueseas]

28. Wonderful News!!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

31. Lock him up! Lock him up!

[bdamomma]

32. yes at least

there are people out there who believe in law and justice.

[hlthe2b]

34. Please credit Laurence Tribe and Norm Eisen (https://www.citizensforethics.org/) on this

They are spearheading this effort and have made a tremendous argument IMO (and apparently the judge agrees)

[Bernardo de La Paz]

36. State cases, so no pardons. . . . nt

[ProudLib72]

37. But what will the penalty be when he is found guilty?

The article makes it sound almost like a fishing expedition to uncover hidden business dealings (like with Russia). I have to wonder if this is the end goal or if they really expect prosecution.

[stuffmatters]

38. If current SCOTUS appeal, Dems must demand Stephens recuse himself bkz family ties (2! of S's sons))

Not only was one of Stephen's son Trump's Deutsche Banker, another son was major in that initial Trump wrecking crew against federal agencies that hit the day after inauguration.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

39. tRump should never have been allowed to even be nominated.

Even if one didn't know his history, there were far too many potential conflicts of interest and impossible to analyze w/o his tax returns.

The GOP will get their due paybacks in time for running this corrupt asshole.......

[Ferrets are Cool]

41. Great news. nt

[malaise]

42. This is huge

Rec

[ffr]

43. Ruh-roh!

[edbermac]

44. And down they go!

[Cha]

45. Thank You, Judge Peter J. Messitte!

Fraud is Breaking the damn Law!