A federal judge is allowing Maryland and the District of Columbia to proceed with their lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of unconstitutionally accepting gifts from foreign and state interests ...
The Trump administration is heading to court this week in two lawsuits charging that the president is violating the Constitution by profiting off of his hotels and other businesses while in office.
When Justice Department lawyers introduce themselves in court, they proclaim a specific affiliation: “I represent the United States.” That’s because the Justice Department has the responsibility by ...
In the more than two hundred and thirty years since the Constitution was ratified, no lawsuit had attempted to enforce its anti-corruption provisions—until the Presidency of Donald Trump. Two ...
President Donald Trump's readiness to accept a luxury jet as a gift from the ruling family of Qatar for conversion into a presidential aircraft has revived the conversations around emoluments and the ...
If you’re old enough to have taken a civics class, you might have read the words in the foreign emoluments clause of the Constitution. But you probably don’t remember them, because until recently ...
Today, President Trump offered comments about the Emoluments Clause. Here is a rough transcript of his remarks: Other Presidents, if you look, other presidents were wealthy. Not huge wealth. George ...