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Sherman A1

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3. I know of no Constitutional
Fri May 13, 2016, 05:10 PM
May 2016

Requirement that a sitting President set aside other activities.

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Good question Fairgo May 2016 #1
I've tossed out a version of that question several times. No answers. tanyev May 2016 #2
I know of no Constitutional Sherman A1 May 2016 #3
I thought Trump no longer owns interest in any casino.... Brother Buzz May 2016 #4
Can he license "President Trump" for his steaks? cheyanne May 2016 #5
Nixon said things are not illegal awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #6
Cheney made a fortune off of Halliburton's bogus emergency no-bid contracts. lpbk2713 May 2016 #7
A caretaker would be assigned to take over Trump's businesses and his FSogol May 2016 #8
Where is that requirement in the Constitution dumbcat May 2016 #11
What happens to businesses when someone becomes a Federal Judge or US Senator. FSogol May 2016 #12
Must I repeat my question? dumbcat May 2016 #13
Do you think ever single law in the US is specified in the Constituiton? FSogol May 2016 #14
I'll try one more time dumbcat May 2016 #16
Getting to me? I'm laughing at you. You are angrily demanding that anonymous FSogol May 2016 #17
OK dumbcat May 2016 #18
Interesting note: Supreme Court justices do not have to follow those rules, cheyanne May 2016 #19
Biffco. roamer65 May 2016 #9
I can't see Trump putting his business interests into some sort of trust. Paladin May 2016 #10
Carl Icahn's running for President? whistler162 May 2016 #15
Unless he has a stake in NJ, he has no casinos anymore joeybee12 May 2016 #20
They do now. Octafish May 2016 #21
He says he'd turn the businesses over to his children. But how he'd avoid conflict of interest pnwmom May 2016 #22
Trump has stated no blind trust and his kids can run the company while he's Prez TeamPooka May 2016 #23
Why couldn't they? RB TexLa May 2016 #24
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