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In reply to the discussion: Supreme Court dismisses emolument cases against Trump [View all]SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)"The Supreme Court's procedural order not only wipes away two lower court rulings, but it also orders dismissal of the entire dispute -- leaving for some other time resolution of the many questions Trump's conduct raised about the Emoluments Clause," said Steve Vladeck, a CNN Supreme Court analyst and professor at the University of Texas School of Law.
"Ordinarily, the Court pursues such a step only when the prevailing party moots a case while the appeal is pending -- as opposed to here, where the disputes became moot because Trump's term ended," he added. "Today's orders suggest that the court is increasingly willing to invoke this doctrine to avoid highly charged political disputes, even if the mootness wasn't caused by the parties that won below."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/25/politics/emoluments-supreme-court-donald-trump-case/index.html
Also, the case is not moot. Trump still has the money and the plaintiffs have not been made whole for the damages they suffered. As Walter Shaub said:
Former Office of Government Ethics chief Walter Shaub blasted the court's decision as "insane" in a tweet, arguing the emolument cases were not moot, as the court said.
" (Trump) still has the money. When any other federal employee violates the emoluments clause they have to forfeit the money," Shaub wrote.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/25/politics/emoluments-supreme-court-donald-trump-case/index.html