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GOP court-packing pays off!
RICHMOND A federal appeals court panel was indisputably hostile Tuesday to a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of violating the Constitution by profiting from his business dealings with foreign countries seeking to curry favor with his administration.
The uphill battle the suit faces was evident before the arguments even began Tuesday morning when it was revealed that all three 4th Circuit Court of Appeals judges assigned to the case are GOP appointees, including two of the courts most conservative jurists.
One of those judges suggested that the suit could be a precursor to attempting to drive the president from office through impeachment. And two of the judges came close to accusing the Maryland-based district court judge handling the suit, Clinton-appointee Peter Messitte, of impropriety for trying to engineer the challenge rather than responding to legal issues presented to him by the officials who brought the suit: the attorneys general of Maryland and Washington, D.C.
The arguments in the so-called foreign emoluments case test largely uncharted areas of constitutional law, but also serve as a reminder of the numerous ethical challenges Trumps administration has faced, with a series of Cabinet members departing under clouds of scandal. Maryland and D.C. jointly brought the emoluments case in 2017.
Of the three appeals judges who heard more than two hours of arguments Tuesday, Judge Dennis Shedd sounded most skeptical about the case, challenging lawyers for D.C. and Maryland at every turn. Shedd pressed D.C. Solicitor General Loren AliKhan on what her office was looking to get out of the suit beyond a declaration that Trump is breaking the law.
The uphill battle the suit faces was evident before the arguments even began Tuesday morning when it was revealed that all three 4th Circuit Court of Appeals judges assigned to the case are GOP appointees, including two of the courts most conservative jurists.
One of those judges suggested that the suit could be a precursor to attempting to drive the president from office through impeachment. And two of the judges came close to accusing the Maryland-based district court judge handling the suit, Clinton-appointee Peter Messitte, of impropriety for trying to engineer the challenge rather than responding to legal issues presented to him by the officials who brought the suit: the attorneys general of Maryland and Washington, D.C.
The arguments in the so-called foreign emoluments case test largely uncharted areas of constitutional law, but also serve as a reminder of the numerous ethical challenges Trumps administration has faced, with a series of Cabinet members departing under clouds of scandal. Maryland and D.C. jointly brought the emoluments case in 2017.
Of the three appeals judges who heard more than two hours of arguments Tuesday, Judge Dennis Shedd sounded most skeptical about the case, challenging lawyers for D.C. and Maryland at every turn. Shedd pressed D.C. Solicitor General Loren AliKhan on what her office was looking to get out of the suit beyond a declaration that Trump is breaking the law.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/19/trump-emoluments-lawsuit-1226687
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Emoluments lawsuit gets hostile reception from GOP-appointed 4th circuit judges. (Original Post)
CousinIT
Mar 2019
OP
OMG--This is not good when judges are commenting negitively even BEFORE aguments are
riversedge
Mar 2019
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riversedge
(70,013 posts)1. OMG--This is not good when judges are commenting negitively even BEFORE aguments are
being heard!!!
...........The uphill battle the suit faces was evident before the arguments even began Tuesday morning when it was revealed that all three 4th Circuit Court of Appeals judges assigned to the case are GOP appointees, including two of the courts most conservative jurists.
One of those judges suggested that the suit could be a precursor to attempting to drive the president from office through impeachment. And two of the judges came close to accusing the Maryland-based district court judge handling the suit, Clinton-appointee Peter Messitte, of impropriety for trying to engineer the challenge rather than responding to legal issues presented to him by the officials who brought the suit: the attorneys general of Maryland and Washington, D.C.
riversedge
(70,013 posts)2. Can you include a link please. thanks
CousinIT
(9,211 posts)8. Sorry about that. Here it is:
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)3. All redumbliCONS are enablers of political corruption.
This will be the new judicial redumbliCON normal.
uponit7771
(90,301 posts)4. Sounds like all 3 judges should be on FAUX News, this is disgusting. They have no professionalism...
... about them.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)5. Looking to get out of the suit?
I thought judges ruled on the case before them. I guess they should be using a magic 8 ball for all their imaginary legal actions, after the fact.
Another corrupt, CYA for Trump.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,646 posts)7. Maybe this magic eight ball
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)6. It's an ancient concept
that has never really been tested in over two hundred years of American jurisprudence. There's really not anything to go on as far as precedent.
In my opinion, this should not be the focus of our efforts to get rid of Trump, there are many other sound reasons to do so.