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Supreme Court dismisses the emulents violations case against Trump even though he was president when this was suppose to take place because he is no longer president anymore.
Hmm?
I think you meant emoluments as in Article I Section 9?? What was most interesting about today’s decision is the way that vacated the lower court rulings so that they cannot be used as precedents in future cases. The cases were deemed moot since there is no longer an active dispute regarding a sitting President. In the context of the impeachment, if there was no way to impeach a President heading out the door, or already out the door, it would imply he could act with total impunity during his last weeks or months in office with fear of consequences.
Reb Eliezer
Actually many constitutional scholars Alan Dershowitz amongst them are of the opinion that the Democrat impeachment is fundementally unconstitutional,
Justice Roberts is actually declining to preside over it.
indeed, strange, why is it “moot”
not knowing anything about it, my guess is either:
1) court just wants to get rid of this craziness2) it is a political issue:
what is the punishment for the emulents? prison? probably, not. Impeachment?so, Court thinks that any extra impeachment is … moot … tiyuvta Pelosi tiyuvta
Hope he runs again. MAGA. By the next election America will be longing for a real president (Trump) after the mess the Rats wil create.
AAQ -“indeed, strange, why is it “moot””
You don’t understand Roberts. He doesn’t play politics.
He really believes that the 3 areas of government are separate entities.
The SCOTUS could have involved themselves with the Stolen election.
Even the Republican State Houses didn’t get involved. (Maybe they were scared?!?)
So now when it’s on the other shoe, he’s not going to Rule against Trump!
That’s why he’s not going to Judge the Senate trial.“even though Trump is not president now as long as when he was impeached in the house, he was president to make sure he cannot run again.“
Exactly!
That’s the only reason they want to impeach him and they have to bend over backwards to do it!
“Where is the Justice?”
Reb E. SCOTUS frequently will punt on divisive issues leaving them undecided when the public (both side of the dispute) desperately wants closure and a definitive resolution. In this case, the facts didn’t appear to provide a good case in which to deliver the Court’s first decision on this provision of the Constitution and were more a referendum on Trump’s flouting of historical precedents regarding divesting assets and providing full transparency on his income/assets. Bad facts make bad precedent even though the public (myself included) were hoping they would decide the case on its merits, even after the fact.if he took money as president, he still has it
It has nothing to do with the money, the idea is not to allow a foreign government to influence policy.
Also, it should be noted that there was no dissent.
The Court under Roberts has tried to avoid being viewed as a rubber stamp for Trump or anti-Trump parties and wherever possible has punted on political/election related matters. Even Trump himself seems truly outraged that his Court nominees didn’t show “loyalty” to him when dismissing a series of election-related cases. I guess he forgot that the Court allowed him to run out the clock on several cases dealing with disclosure of his tax and financial information by sending the cases back to lower courts for “further consideration”. Even when they soundly rejected Trump’s contention of absolute immunity while he was in office, they sent the case back to the trial court for additional argument.
Trump paid them off
The case is moot. If the Democrats has been able to show that Trump was on the payroll of a foreign government, that would have been an impeachable offense. If the Democrats showed Trump was simply running a business, the Democrats would look silly since it is clear that presidents are allowed to moonlight (and many of the early presidents spent much time on their business interests including selling things to foreigners).
Of course, if you believe, as Trump does, that Trump really won the election, the case wouldn’t be moot since Trump is still president. The Supreme Court clearly feels otherwise.
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