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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJudges lean toward Trump in hotel 'emoluments' case
Source: Reuters
POLITICS MARCH 19, 2019 / 4:51 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Judges lean toward Trump in hotel 'emoluments' case
Jan Wolfe
3 MIN READ
(Reuters) - A three-judge U.S. appeals court panel signaled sympathy toward President Donald Trump on Tuesday in his appeal in a Democratic-backed lawsuit that accuses him of violating anti-corruption provisions of the U.S. Constitution with his Washington hotel.
The judges on the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals indicated they may dismiss the lawsuit filed against the Republican president in June 2017 by the Democratic attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia.
Maryland-based U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte last year allowed the lawsuit to proceed, a ruling that Trump appealed to the 4th Circuit. All three of the judges who heard the appeal were appointed by Republican presidents. Trumps lawyers told the appeals court that Messitte, a Democratic appointee, should have dismissed the case.
The judges raised concerns about Messittes findings on the Constitutions emoluments clauses, which prohibit a president from accepting gifts from foreign countries and U.S. states without congressional approval.
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Judges lean toward Trump in hotel 'emoluments' case
Jan Wolfe
3 MIN READ
(Reuters) - A three-judge U.S. appeals court panel signaled sympathy toward President Donald Trump on Tuesday in his appeal in a Democratic-backed lawsuit that accuses him of violating anti-corruption provisions of the U.S. Constitution with his Washington hotel.
The judges on the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals indicated they may dismiss the lawsuit filed against the Republican president in June 2017 by the Democratic attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia.
Maryland-based U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte last year allowed the lawsuit to proceed, a ruling that Trump appealed to the 4th Circuit. All three of the judges who heard the appeal were appointed by Republican presidents. Trumps lawyers told the appeals court that Messitte, a Democratic appointee, should have dismissed the case.
The judges raised concerns about Messittes findings on the Constitutions emoluments clauses, which prohibit a president from accepting gifts from foreign countries and U.S. states without congressional approval.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-emoluments/judges-lean-toward-trump-in-hotel-emoluments-case-idUSKCN1R02M4
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Judges lean toward Trump in hotel 'emoluments' case (Original Post)
Eugene
Mar 2019
OP
sounds to me like they think the lower court should have used a more narrow definition, but
unblock
Mar 2019
#4
Bribery via money laundering to a Republican President is okay. Raise the room rates like Mar a Lago
Freethinker65
Mar 2019
#6
elleng
(131,057 posts)1. 'SYMPATHY' toward trump? FIND a better way to frame this, please, reuters.
Legally it's a very difficult case, so SYMPATHY is NOT among the correct terms to describe whatever happens here.
Blue Owl
(50,482 posts)2. Sympathy for the Sociopath?
Sounds like some crooked judges to me...
Poiuyt
(18,129 posts)3. All were appointed by Republicans
unblock
(52,286 posts)4. sounds to me like they think the lower court should have used a more narrow definition, but
it's possible to narrow the definition of "emoluments" and still include things donnie has done.
spanone
(135,857 posts)5. maybe the dictator is above the law?
Jesus Christo...they might as well just strike the law from the books if he walks on this
Freethinker65
(10,033 posts)6. Bribery via money laundering to a Republican President is okay. Raise the room rates like Mar a Lago
Trump will finally not have to lie to get on the Forbes list!