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babylonsister

(171,048 posts)
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 08:53 AM Jun 2017

"Nearly 200 Democratic members of Congress filed a lawsuit against President Trump..."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/06/14/nearly-200-lawmakers-sue-trump-citing-business-conflicts/102830002/

Democrats in Congress suing Trump, citing conflicts
Steve Reilly , USA TODAY Published 12:08 a.m. ET June 14, 2017 | Updated 0 minutes ago


Nearly 200 Democratic members of Congress filed a lawsuit against President Trump on Wednesday morning alleging that his continued ties to his business empire violate the U.S. Constitution.

The unprecedented legal action accuses Trump of violating the Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits federal officials from accepting gifts or titles from foreign governments without congressional approval.

The lawsuit will have the greatest number of congressional plaintiffs of any lawsuit against the president in the nation’s history, according to Michigan Rep. John Conyers, the House Judiciary Committee’s top-ranking Democrat.

“We do this not out of any sense of pleasure or partisanship, but because President Trump has left us with no other option,” he said.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/06/14/nearly-200-lawmakers-sue-trump-citing-business-conflicts/102830002/
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"Nearly 200 Democratic members of Congress filed a lawsuit against President Trump..." (Original Post) babylonsister Jun 2017 OP
Excellent! Let's see where this goes. MineralMan Jun 2017 #1
Very good. That makes 3 lawsuits against Trump on the Emoluments Clause. Tatiana Jun 2017 #2

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
2. Very good. That makes 3 lawsuits against Trump on the Emoluments Clause.
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 09:14 AM
Jun 2017

I haven't read the details of this one, but hopefully the legal argument is as novel as the other two lawsuits.

This is how we need to fight him -- on all levels.

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