Emoluments Eschmoluments

The Supreme Court has refused to take up the emoluments clause case brought by House Democrats.

The Justices refused to hear an appeal by 215 Senate and House Democrats of a lower court ruling that found that the lawmakers lacked the necessary legal standing to bring the case that focused on the Republican president’s ownership of the Trump International Hotel in Washington.

In the case brought by congressional Democrats, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in February ruled that individual members of Congress have limited ability to litigate questions affecting the legislative branch as a whole.


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That puts a stop to this little part of the resistance theater. Unfortunately, there are a couple of other suits percolating through the courts on this issue.