Donald Trump’s enemies have gotten creative lately in examining his past for evidence of lawbreaking. But their creativity has its limits. In Richmond, Va. this morning, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Appeals Court for the Fourth Circuit unanimously dismissed a lawsuit filed two years ago by the attorneys general for Maryland and the District […]
Emoluments Clause
Judge Gives Standing to Shaky ‘Emoluments’ Suit against Trump
As if President Donald Trump isn’t facing enough challenges to his administration’s legitimacy, now he’s got another one. On March 28, U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte granted standing to a lawsuit filed last June by the attorneys general of the District of Columbia and Maryland alleging that the president, by continuing to profit from his […]