SCOTUS throws out emolument case against Trump
Jan 25, 2021 10:57:22 #
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday brought an end to lawsuits over whether Donald Trump illegally profited off his presidency.
The justices threw out Trump’s challenge to lower court rulings that had allowed lawsuits to go forward alleging that he violated the Constitution’s emoluments clause by accepting payments from foreign and domestic officials who stay at the Trump International Hotel and patronize other businesses owned by the former president and his family.
The high court also ordered the lower court rulings thrown out as well and directed appeals courts in New York and Richmond, Virginia, to dismiss the suits as moot now that Trump is no longer in office.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-lawsuits-us-supreme-court-courts-df42ef0eec5fa57edf3e294234051d88
The justices threw out Trump’s challenge to lower court rulings that had allowed lawsuits to go forward alleging that he violated the Constitution’s emoluments clause by accepting payments from foreign and domestic officials who stay at the Trump International Hotel and patronize other businesses owned by the former president and his family.
The high court also ordered the lower court rulings thrown out as well and directed appeals courts in New York and Richmond, Virginia, to dismiss the suits as moot now that Trump is no longer in office.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-lawsuits-us-supreme-court-courts-df42ef0eec5fa57edf3e294234051d88
Jan 25, 2021 12:28:36 #
They said it was moot, meaning that it wasn't going on now. I wonder about the stuff that was in the past. Apparently the did not rule on that.
Jan 25, 2021 12:38:01 #
peg w wrote:
They said it was moot, meaning that it wasn't going on now. I wonder about the stuff that was in the past. Apparently the did not rule on that.
Moot means moot!
Jan 25, 2021 12:40:56 #
Jan 25, 2021 13:16:27 #
Tiptop789
Loc: State of Denial
Wonttakeitanymore wrote:
Moot means moot!
Kinda like trump; moot, definition # 2, derived of practical significance.
Jan 25, 2021 13:17:06 #
Tiptop789
Loc: State of Denial
Liberty Tree wrote:
Like the bogus impeachment
Actually, trump was impeached, again. Once more, you're confusing fact & fiction.
Jan 25, 2021 13:48:51 #
peg w wrote:
They said it was moot, meaning that it wasn't going on now. I wonder about the stuff that was in the past. Apparently the did not rule on that.
"Moot" in this sense means "deprived of practical significance". The Supreme Court will not hear the case. And by ordering the lower court rulings thrown out as well means that the 38 subpoenas associated with this case in the lower courts will also not be heard by the Court and are also thrown out. This case is closed.
Jan 25, 2021 13:54:48 #
peg w wrote:
They said it was moot, meaning that it wasn't going on now. I wonder about the stuff that was in the past. Apparently the did not rule on that.
Too bad they didn't add many emolument cases against the Dems!
Jan 25, 2021 14:03:59 #
ldsuttonjr wrote:
Too bad they didn't add many emolument cases against the Dems!
You mean like the $3.5 million that H****r B***n was given by the mayor of Moscow's wife?
Jan 25, 2021 14:35:36 #
Liberty Tree wrote:
Like the bogus impeachment
Yup...and maybe now any serious cases against Trump will be dismissed....like that bogus impeachment acquittal.
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