Individual members of Congress barred from suing President Trump over business dealings

[Marcuse]

Source: Washington Post

The rarely tested language at issue in the case bars U.S. officials from accepting payments, benefits or other “emoluments” from foreign governments without consent from Congress. Lawyers for the Democratic lawmakers said Trump is illegally profiting through transactions with foreign governments and officials.
Justice Department lawyers, defending the president, said the ban refers narrowly to compensation in exchange for official action or in an employment-type relationship — and does not broadly include any profit, gain or advantage.


After the court hearing in December, one of the lead plaintiffs in the case, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) rejected the idea that such a lawsuit must come from the entire legislature.
“Individual members of Congress simply cannot do their job,” he said, if there is no legal right or standing to sue.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/individual-members-of-congress-barred-from-suing-president-trump-over-business-dealings/2020/02/07/b3d97b3c-3c7e-11ea-baca-eb7ace0a3455_story.html

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[DEbluedude]

1. If "200 Democrats in Congress seeking...

…to enforce the Constitution's anti-corruption emoluments provision", why wouldn't the HJC just schedule hearings on the matter? WTF?
DO NOT STOP INVESTIGATING HIS ASS. FUCK TRUMP AND THE rEPUBLICAN PARTY.

[Faux pas]

2. Kickin' with disgust

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Emoluments Class Action then

Yeah, I'm no lawyer, but if he's not stealing directly from the members of Congress but is using taxpayer monies, why can't taxpayers as a class, sue?

[lark]

4. And the forming dictatorship continues to grow, piece by piece.

[alwaysinasnit]

5. It is possible that this is one effect of Moscow Mitch's packing of the courts with Federalist

Society picks.

[BigmanPigman]

6. CNN guest said that there are still two more

lawsuits out there and this probably won't effect those rulings since this one was over something small and it didn't say they can't sue. It could go to the SCOTUS after those two rulings.

[LudwigPastorius]

7. No legal remedy for this?

Impeach that motherfucker AGAIN.

Hell, he's done so much illegal shit, the House could keep fucking with him until election day.

[choie]

8. Reading articles like this

really make me feel hopeless that this bastard will ever face justice.

[Hotler]

9. If we could find a way to convict him of treason. Then we could........

________ you fill in the blank.

[dchill]

10. How long until it's illegal to be a Democrat?