#ELB: “Federal Court Dismisses Case Claiming That Trump’s Ongoing Business Interests Violate The Constitution” http://electionlawblog.org/?p=96548
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The NYT push notification I just got says "President Trump not in violation of the Emoluments Clause, a judge ruled, dismissing a suit accusing him of profiting through his office." But that's not right, is it? Didn't say he's not violating
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It's about standing and political questions, not a ruling on the merits
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@nytimes on the Emoluments story is not much better than the inaccurate push notificationhttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/21/us/politics/trump-suit-constitution-business.html …Show this thread - End of conversation
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Ah, the political question excuse. Still a perplexing excuse to me considering courts are political arenas.
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Who has standing?
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That's how I read it. Also that it is "not ripe," which is interesting.
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Ripeness refers to the readiness of a case to be litigated. Generally, if a claim rests on contingent future events it is not ripe. What future event? Congress (or Mueller?) acting to enforce the law, maybe.
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Doesn’t a citizen have standing around n a constitutional violation?
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That's how I read the ruling.
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