Three pending lawsuits challenge President Trump\u27s practice of accepting payments and other benefits from foreign governments through his businesses as violative of the Foreign Emoluments Clause. They also allege that the President\u27s practice of accepting payments and benefits from state or federal governmental units violates the Domestic Emoluments Clause. These actions raise interesting questions about the meaning of two little-discussed provisions of the Constitution. But before reaching the merits the courts will first have to grapple with issues of justiciability - in particular, with the question whether plaintiffs have standing to bring their claims in federal court. This article explains why, under the Supreme Court\u27s Art...
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The text of the Emoluments Clause provides no explicit enforcement mechanism, raising questions abou...
Two provisions of the U.S. Constitution that have received comparatively little public attention ove...
Three pending lawsuits challenge President Trump’s practice of accepting payments and other benefits...
Emoluments is the word of the hour again in the United States. The past week saw the filing of two n...
Dan Blair discusses the ongoing case of District of Columbia v. Trump, including the court’s definit...
You, too, can sue Donald Trump under the Emoluments Clause! Since Inauguration Day, several lawsuits...
President Trump was sued in New York District Court for allegedly violating the Foreign Emoluments C...
President Trump has become immersed in civil litigation since announcing his candidacy for the Unite...
When the Framers of our national Constitution included the Foreign Emoluments Clause, they did so as...
In 2017, three sets of plaintiffs in three different federal district courts brought civil actions a...
If a federal official is deliberately violating the Constitution, is it possible no federal court ha...
Because of the foreign business dealings of President Donald Trump and his family, interpreting the ...
On any given day, it seems, President Donald Trump can be found attacking, threatening, or punishing...
On March 3, 2020, the Supreme Court heard argument in Seila Law v. CFPB, the biggest removal law cas...
In rare cases, a President refuses to defend a statute he believes is unconstitutional. The law is u...
The text of the Emoluments Clause provides no explicit enforcement mechanism, raising questions abou...
Two provisions of the U.S. Constitution that have received comparatively little public attention ove...
Three pending lawsuits challenge President Trump’s practice of accepting payments and other benefits...
Emoluments is the word of the hour again in the United States. The past week saw the filing of two n...
Dan Blair discusses the ongoing case of District of Columbia v. Trump, including the court’s definit...
You, too, can sue Donald Trump under the Emoluments Clause! Since Inauguration Day, several lawsuits...
President Trump was sued in New York District Court for allegedly violating the Foreign Emoluments C...
President Trump has become immersed in civil litigation since announcing his candidacy for the Unite...
When the Framers of our national Constitution included the Foreign Emoluments Clause, they did so as...
In 2017, three sets of plaintiffs in three different federal district courts brought civil actions a...
If a federal official is deliberately violating the Constitution, is it possible no federal court ha...
Because of the foreign business dealings of President Donald Trump and his family, interpreting the ...
On any given day, it seems, President Donald Trump can be found attacking, threatening, or punishing...
On March 3, 2020, the Supreme Court heard argument in Seila Law v. CFPB, the biggest removal law cas...
In rare cases, a President refuses to defend a statute he believes is unconstitutional. The law is u...
The text of the Emoluments Clause provides no explicit enforcement mechanism, raising questions abou...