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U.S. appeals court rejects Trump bid to escape 'emoluments' lawsuit - case is back on | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-trump-emoluments-idUSL1N2CW0P2
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected an effort by President Donald Trump to end a lawsuit alleging his ownership of a hotel in Washington violates anti-corruption provisions of the U.S. Constitution known as the "Emoluments Clauses."
You can read the opinion here: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/14/politics/trump-emoluments-case-appeals-ruling/index.html
More from politico: https://twitter.com/joshgerstein/status/1260915203895463936
A lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of violating the Constitution by accepting foreign government money through his luxury Washington hotel can proceed to fact-gathering about Trump's profits, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
Trump, who has vigorously fought a series of similar lawsuits for years, will now need relief from the Supreme Court if he wants to block Maryland and D.C. from pressing demands for his business records as his re-election campaign gets into full swing.
From the opinion rejecting Trump's appeal: "'Congress and the Supreme Court have severely limited our ability to grant the extraordinary relief the President seeks"
More on this thread from @MikeScarcella https://twitter.com/MikeScarcella/status/1260911032240930817
"In the United States, every person—even the President—has a duty to obey the law."
"Allowing the President to be the final arbiter of both the interpretation and enforcement of the law—as the dissents would—would gravely offend separation of powers."
"Allowing the President to be the final arbiter of both the interpretation and enforcement of the law—as the dissents would—would gravely offend separation of powers."
