JUST IN: A federal district judge in Washington, D.C., has ruled that about 200 Democratic lawmakers have the legal grounds to sue President Trump for allegedly violating an anti-corruption clause of the Constitution.
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The Foreign Emoluments Clause says federal officials cannot take gifts, payments or other benefits from other nations without getting Congress’s consent. Judge Emmet Sullivan deferred ruling on other arguments to dismiss the case.
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This is the third emoluments lawsuit against Trump. He challenged the plantiffs’ standing in all three cases, and now has lost on two of them.
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Thank you for three branches of government, founding fathers.
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Trump is above the law, every law. Just ask him.
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Except he’s not profiting. He charges exactly the cost.
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The theory of consent is historically contrasted to the divine right of kings Article 21 of the United Nation's 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government".
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Please correct.
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