LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A lawsuit contending that President Donald Trump’s business dealings with and in foreign countries violate the Constitution is set to get a public airing in October in a New York federal courtroom.
U.S. District Court Judge George Daniels issued an order Wednesday [8-9-17] setting oral arguments for Oct. 18 on a suit the liberal watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed in January. The suit argues that Trump’s business ties run afoul of the Constitution’s foreign emoluments clause, which bars federal officials from receiving benefits from foreign governments.
The Justice Department’s final response brief in the case is due Sept. 22…
The suit is one of about half a dozen lawsuits targeting income Trump derives from foreign sources. One of those additional cases is pending before Daniels. The other are before federal courts in Washington, D.C., Greenbelt, Maryland, and West Palm Beach, Florida.”
-Josh Gerstein, “Judges sets Oct. 18 arguments in Trump foreign emoluments suit,” Politico, Aug. 9, 2017 11:00am