Posted on 01/25/2021 8:26:41 AM PST by McGruff
The Supreme Court on Monday brought an end to lawsuits over whether Donald Trump illegally profited off his presidency.
The justices threw out Trump’s challenge to lower court rulings that had allowed lawsuits to go forward alleging that he violated the Constitution’s emoluments clause by accepting payments from foreign and domestic officials who stay at the Trump International Hotel and patronize other businesses owned by the former president and his family.
The high court also ordered the lower court rulings thrown out as well and directed appeals courts in New York and Richmond, Virginia, to dismiss the suits as moot now that Trump is no longer in office.
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“The justices threw out Trump’s challenge to lower court rulings that had allowed lawsuits to go forward alleging that he violated the Constitution’s emoluments clause by accepting payments from foreign and domestic officials who stay at the Trump International Hotel and patronize other businesses owned by the former president and his family.”
What happened? What did the Court rule?
I think they basically said it doesn’t matter anymore because Trump is no longer president.
No longer needed to in their 24/7 harassment of the President (nice that they waited until after the elections to rule, don’t want to seem bias after all) /s
They said it doesn't matter whether he violated the clause or not. He's not President any more so get over it.
"...directed appeals courts in New York and Richmond, Virginia, to dismiss the suits as moot now that Trump is no longer in office."
Possibly Roberts is sending a message that going forward with an impeachment trial is moot because President Trump is no longer the sitting president?
From the article.....
“The outcome leaves no judicial opinions on the books in an area of the law that has been rarely explored in U.S. history.”
I too am confused, but the way I read the article it appears the lawsuits can proceed?
Just imagine if they applied the same “illogical reasoning” to the Clinton Foundation.
Nope, lawsuits over. Dismissed as moot.
They’re throwing you a cookie.
Good SCOTUS! Now tell the Senate any Senate impeachment trial of now former POTUS Trump is CONSTITUTIONALLY MOOT SINCE HE IS NO LONGER IN OFFICE!!
I think your correct, this is the legal argument that Professor Dershowitz has been making, Impeachment is to remove a sitting president for a crime committed while in office.
So it is good to see the Scalia philosophy of interpreting the Constitution as it is written is the first best approach when it clearly speaks on a subject.
The court really chickened out on this one. There is no law that says a President cannot make money while in office.
FWIW - I looked at some other reports online and it says the suits themselves have been dismissed as being irrelevant.
I am sure they will use the same legal logic on the lawsuits about election fraud and unconstitutional actions by state officials.
I found that.... thanks.
I also think as I said above that the court will rule the Trump election lawsuits as moot using the same logic.
This hardly makes up for the Supreme Court giving the election to Joe Biden.
Methinks this a "fig leaf" to cover his utter distaste and loathing for commoners whose only representation in recent times has been Trump.
This was done to make SCOTUS look impartial when they will refuse to intervene on Trump's behalf with the majority citing something about "Separation of Powers" and "Impeachment is a purely political matter", thus allowing the Senate to Convict and bar Trump from running for Federal office again.
My guess is that Alito and Thomas and possibly Barrent will be the dissenters when SCOTUS allows the trial to go forward.
In other words, they can refile the lawsuits on Jan. 21, 2025.
“What happened? What did the Court rule?”
Do they rule on anything anymore?
The court doesn't send such messages. It ruled on the issue at hand.
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