https://www.newsweek.com/trump-face-music-emoluments-case-revived-1459187

"The three-judge panel ruled 2 to 1 to throw out a lower court ruling dismissing the lawsuit, sending the case back for further proceedings."

Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)

10. Thanks but maybe

Reply to SleeplessinSoCal (Reply #9)

Fri Sep 13, 2019, 02:07 PM

Sep 2019

Thanks for the answer and the link. Further down in the article it also says:

Trump, who is being defended in the case by the Department of Justice, could appeal the Second Circuit's latest decision. Tribe imagines that the White House will either seek a rehearing on the issue or will ask for a Supreme Court review. If the president decides to defend himself in court, he may be forced to disclose both his business records and his personal finances.

I can’t see him being willing to disclose his business records or his personal finances, so I guess we’re headed for a request for a Supreme Court review. If we had lost CREW would have been asking for a review.

The decision is still good news.

Unrelated question is why the DOJ is taking sides in this? Is that appropriate?

SleeplessinSoCal

(10,439 posts)

11. like everything else, including the SCOTUS, we had a coup d'etat.

Reply to Midnightwalk (Reply #10)

Fri Sep 13, 2019, 04:39 PM

Sep 2019

Barr is not acting as the U.S. Attorney General, the Republicans in Congress relinquished their authority as an equal branch to back trump. In the SCOTUS, Garland and Kavanaugh shoukd recuse themselves over any decision re: the White House.

We have corruption on a mammoth scale. And the deplorables are enjoying it because they are told we are worse than corruption..

Hope CREW can figure out a way to achieve justice. Not holding my breath though.

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)

8. The courts still have some functionality!

Reply to Gothmog (Original post)

Fri Sep 13, 2019, 11:34 AM

Sep 2019

Thank God...

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