The push to keep lower court decisions intact is seen as a last-ditch effort to claim a win from the since-mooted, high-profile dispute seeking to hold the former president accountable under the Constitution’s emoluments clause.
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A pair of cases that accused former President Donald Trump of violating the emoluments clause of the U.S. Constitution were tossed as moot Monday morning by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Nearly a year after reviving the case, the full Second Circuit refused Monday to rehear a lawsuit claiming President Donald Trump violated anti-corruption provisions in the U.S. Constitution.
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The en banc Fourth Circuit cleared the way Thursday for two states to claim that President Donald Trump rakes in prohibited emoluments from foreign and domestic governments.
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The D.C. Circuit on Friday overturned a ruling that said members of Congress had standing to sue President Donald Trump under a clause in the Constitution that prohibits the president from accepting gifts from foreign countries
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A divided full Fourth Circuit bench reheard arguments Thursday in a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of unconstitutionally profiting from his presidency through his D.C. hotel.
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Two of four lawsuits claiming President Donald Trump has violated anti-corruption provisions in the U.S. Constitution return to the Fourth Circuit for a full en banc hearing Thursday.
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With a seemingly impossible hurdle to jump, Democrats argued Monday morning before the D.C. Circuit that they can sue President Donald Trump for ignoring the Constitution as foreign governments poured money into his pockets.
Read moreThe D.C. Circuit offered little hope Thursday to a Beltway wine bar fighting to revive its unfair-competition claims against the Trump International Hotel.
Read moreThe Trump International Hotel, located just blocks from the White House, might be going up for sale after years of controversy surrounding conflicts of interest.
Read moreDemocratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke on Tuesday proposed executive branch reforms to limit pardons and strengthen enforcement of the U.S. Constitution’s anti-corruption provisions to prevent abuses of presidential power, which is central to Democrats’ impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.
Read moreA Justice Department lawyer faced an uphill battle Tuesday in arguing that lawmakers lack standing to access financials on the president’s eponymous hotel, located just blocks from the White House.
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The Fourth Circuit Tuesday revived the District of Columbia and Maryland’s emoluments suit against President Donald Trump relating to accusations that the president illegally profited from visitors to his luxury hotel, located just a few blocks from White House.
Read morePutting teeth into anti-corruption provisions of the U.S. Constitution, the Second Circuit found on Friday morning that the judiciary has the power to reduce incentives for government officials “currying favor” with President Donald Trump by visiting his restaurants and hotels.
Read moreThe U.S. Air Force said it will begin a review of its layover guidelines, as President Donald Trump denied knowing that crew members stayed overnight at his resort in Scotland while on their way to a routine mission in Kuwait in March.
Read moreExpanding their investigation into President Donald Trump’s business dealings and potential violations of anti-corruption rules, House Democrats have demanded travel expenditure records from Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to Ireland this week that included a stay at a Trump resort.
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Maryland and Washington, D.C., lobbied Monday for the the Fourth Circuit to rehear a lawsuit that accuses President Donald Trump of violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.
Read moreFinding that attorneys general for Maryland and the District of Columbia lack standing, the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of violating clauses in the Constitution that bar him from receiving gifts from foreign or state governments while in office without congressional consent.
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Citing intrusive requests they say border on harassment of President Donald Trump, attorneys for the Justice Department asked the D.C. Circuit to throw out a lawsuit filed by Democratic lawmakers claiming the real estate mogul-turned-president violated the Constitution’s anti-corruption clauses.
Read moreOn the heels of a legal victory that gave Democrats the green light to gather documents from businesses owned by President Donald Trump, lawmakers made new demands Thursday for records they say will help shed light on any constitutional issues surrounding the president’s profits from his hotel in Washington, D.C.
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