The Road to Impeachment

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-its-letter-or-spirit/?utm_term=.06f652b773b7

Whether or not one concludes that Trump’s business dealings violate the letter or the spirit of the Emoluments Clause, the underlying controversy is almost certainly non-justiciable. It is difficult to conceive of a scenario in which someone would have standing to challenge Trump’s arrangements, and even harder to think what sort of remedy could be ordered by a court. In other words, if there are concerns about how President Trump handles his various investments, the only remedies will be political.

 

Obama accepted $1.4M from the Nobel Prize committee. Emolument!

 

MoveAlong.org needs to something to appear relevant.

 

Trump is selling hotel rooms at standard rates he was before he ran.

 

http://freebeacon.com/politics/sena...ck-ethics-violations-benefited-bank-bailouts/

Congressional records show that Schumer, who has relied extensively on Wall Street fundraising, held investments in banks that were bailed out during the 2008 financial crisis under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) while he served on the Finance and Banking Committees that were tasked with overseeing the $700 billion rescue package.

Financial disclosures from 2008 show Schumer held assets valued between $15,001 and $50,000 in Morgan Stanley and $1,001 to $15,000 in Citibank. Though Schumer’s assets in the banks constituted savings not stock, the two companies were granted billions of dollars under TARP. The federal program doled out $10 billion to Morgan Stanley and another $25 billion to Citibank.

While finalizing the details of TARP in Sept. 2008, Schumer attended a breakfast fundraiser in Manhattan to meet with about 20 banking executives. Though Schumer warned a bank bailout would be difficult to pass through Congress, he left an impression on executives that Democrats would stand by Wall Street.

Schumer a week later received more than $135,000 in donations from executives whose firms were represented at the breakfast.

Additionally, as the Free Beacon reported last week, Schumer also owned securities that likely benefitted from policies he advocated while serving in an official capacity.

While pursuing a federal takeover of mortgage insurers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2008, Schumer held thousands of dollars in bonds with the companies. The minority leader had purchased the bonds in 2002, arguing a year later against heightened regulations against the firms.

Just a few months after the Treasury Department announced it would place the enterprises into conservatorship in 2008, Schumer redeemed between $15,000 and $50,000 in Fannie Mae bonds. The next year, he redeemed between $31,000 and $115,000 in Freddie Mac bonds.

Schumer spokesman Matt House told the Free Beacon in an email that the senator’s holdings in the banks, constituting certificates of deposit and savings backed by the FDIC, were incomparable to charges that Price engaged in insider trading.
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What's up, Chuck?



Where's the outrage?

Or should I say, faux outrage?

 

Jeez, you'd think a constitutional scholar like yourself could figure that one out.

"any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”

The Nobel Foundation is not a King, Prince, or foreign State.

barfo

 

Hah! I seem to remember you bitching about Obama incessantly. Maybe this is your just deserts. Turnabout is fair play. Karma is a bitch. Etc etc.

barfo

 

So loopholes are OK?

Trivial to defeat that clause then.

 

Yes, money laundering is possible, although perhaps not legal.

If your standard is "anything that Trump can get away with is jim-dandy", then probably your services aren't even necessary.

barfo

 

Any odds?