"...you people with this phony Emoluments Clause..."

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"...you people with this phony Emoluments Clause..."- Holden Caulfield with his stunning Constitutional Law analysis.
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Speaking of authors...

[gratuitous]

1. Holden slander!

Holden Caulfield was the soul of patience and long-suffering compared to Needy Amin.

[D_Master81]

2. 2-5 billion??? Hahahaha

So we’re to believe he makes over a billion dollars a year? And holy hell is it hard to listen to him. No wonder Republicans like him, he’s as incompetent as they are. The whole part of the emoluments clause isn’t about having business interests, it’s about foreign money. But we all knew that.

[dlk]

3. Apparently, the phony emoluments clause is part of the fake Constitution

[TheRealNorth]

5. Thats Step 2

Abrogate the Emoluments Clause, and eventually he can toss anything else he doesn't like in the Constitution.

[The_Counsel]

4. I Figured It Out! He's Building an "Ignorance of the Law" Defense!

Too bad ignorance of the law is NOT a defense and he can still go to jail for this shit...

[struggle4progress]

6. ... Historical evidence suggests that the Framers did not view the Emoluments Clause as exclusively,

or even mainly, relevant to diplomats. Rather, at least some of them saw it as a broader anti-corruption measure.

For example, speaking at the Virginia Ratifying Convention, Edmund Jennings Randolph described the Clause as applying to the President, and as affording grounds for impeachment in the event of a violation:

There is another provision against the danger mentioned by the honorable member, of the president receiving emoluments from foreign powers. If discovered he may be impeached. If he be not impeachable he may be displaced at the end of the four years ... I consider, therefore, that he is restrained from
receiving any present or emoluments whatever. It is impossible to guard better against corruption ...

THE EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE: ITS TEXT, MEANING, AND APPLICATION TO DONALD J. TRUMP
DECEMBER 16, 2016
NORMAN L. EISEN, RICHARD PAINTER, AND LAURENCE H. TRIBE

[SWBTATTReg]

8. Thank you so much for providing this article, I've been interested in this material, so ...

timely, and I have bookmarked to read later tonight to read. Thanks so much!!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

11. need a cartoon version suitable for The Dumbest Don

There are too many words in:

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince or foreign State.

-- Article I, Section 9

and, in case Don the Con tries to launder foreign emoluments through a state:

The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.

-- Article II, Section 1

We need a cartoon version of the analysis by Eisen, Painter, and Tribe so the Traitor Tot can follow along. He's likely to either fall asleep or throw a tantrum if anyone tries reading all those big words to him.

[struggle4progress]

12. Maybe this?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

16. that -might- be simple enough for Donald Cut-n-Run TrumPutin

[3catwoman3]

7. Well, Donnie Dumbass, if you are losing 2-5...

...billion a year by being president, do us all a favor and QUIT NOW and go back to the private sector.

[bdamomma]

17. yeah go

back with the other thugs and leave us alone.

[maxsolomon]

9. What a bunch of stiffs!

So uptight about that old Constitution!

The phony Constitution and the phone Electoral College put your criminal ass in the WH, and the phony Senate approved all your judges.

[TrishaJ]

10. He might as well have said

"you people with the phony Constitution"

[bdamomma]

18. Please refer to this article

He refers to the Constitution is "archacic"


. https://www.salon.com/2017/05/01/donald-trump-doesnt-like-the-archaic-constitution-its-really-a-bad-thing-for-the-country/

[Caliman73]

13. My question is, "Why did you back down then if you were in the right?"

He has to be hit where it hurts. He HATES losing or being perceived as losing. HE LOST. HE QUIT.

"You backed down in the face of something fake. Why?" He is either weak for backing down or knew what he was doing was wrong.

That is how this should be framed.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Congresswoman Judy Chu (D, CA-27) tweeted this out

and circled the relevant section!

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Judy Chu
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@RepJudyChu

Ignorance of the Constitution is not an excuse for violating it, Mr. President. I keep plenty on hand in my office for constituents or other visitors. You're welcome to one.

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Josh Dawsey
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@jdawsey1

"You people with this phony Emoluments Clause," Trump tells assembled media questioning him about attempt to put G-7 at his own resort.

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12:57 PM - Oct 21, 2019

[tanyev]

15. Oh dear, Donny, did you mean to run for president of some other country?

Please proceed.

[bdamomma]

19. I would

say go right ahead.


Remember how Senator Byrd had a pocket size copy of the Constitution in his jacket pocket and he always pulled it out on the floor of the Senate.