Since we’re talking about federal court, what federal law did Trump University break, and what clause in Congress’s constitutional Article I, Section 8-limited powers is this law reasonably based on?
If Trump University possibly breached a contract with students, then please note the following.
A previous generation of state sovereignty-respecting justices had clarified that Congress’s Commerce Clause powers (1.8.3) do not extend to contracts, in this case regardless if Trump University had students outside NY.
”4. The issuing of a policy of insurance is not a transaction of commerce [emphasis added] within the meaning of the latter of the two clauses, even though the parties be domiciled in different States, but is a simple contract of indemnity against loss.” — Paul v. Virginia, 1869. (The corrupt feds have no Commerce Clause (1.8.3) power to regulate contracts.)
Corrections, insights welcome.
That decision was overruled in United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association (1944), during the Supreme Court's New Deal Revolution.
The federal court is hearing this case under diversity jurisdiction, which requires the case be about more than $75,000 and that no plaintiff is from the same State as any defendant.