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From the united states above and beyond his salary, or when he sevens a payment from another state, those are both violations of the domestic emoluments clause. >> what constitutes a payment to him, if he is currently not running the trump organization? >> well, if he receives any gain profit or advantage from the payment, thats a violation of the emoluments clause. look, what the clauses were designed to do was to show th that -- to make clear that the president must put the interest of all oth...

His foreign profits and they sent to the federal treasury, so he gave some 150,000, i think, is what they claimed was foreign profits off of the hotel to the federal treasury sure. whose job would it be to double check that? >> well, the issue is not what his profits are. hes not allowed to receive any payments, period. so, hes trying to negotiate the terms of the emoluments clauses, but the united states constitution is not negotiable. just the fact that he sevens a payment is a violation of th...

Payments, the payments from the lobbying firm on behalf of the saw dips to the trump post office hotel qualify or not. weve seen repeated examples of direct payments through the post office hotel from foreign governments and from state governments. state of maine brought a delegation down here. united states government has paid money to the trump post office hotel, and all of those are emoluments within meaning of the constitution. >> explain -- let me -- you said the state of maine. they fall u...

Number one, would that be a violation of the emoluments clause? >> well, him profiteering is off the office is repugnant, but not necessarily a violation. unless hes getting paid by a foreign government, a state government or the united states government may not violate the emoluments clauses. and he -- its easy for him to stop that kind of conduct. its really disrespectful, i think, of the office, but not necessarily a constitutional violation. >> all right, youre subpoenaing five different fed...

The court and up to trump, i mean, there are lots of ways that he can avoid violating the emoluments clauses. he can sell the trump post office hotel and his other properties, though theyre not at issue in our lawsuit. he can give them away. im not sure that a blind trust in these cases would be sufficient, because he knows whats in the trust. its, at least from the trump post office hotel or the ownership of mar-a-lago or one of his hotels or condominiums in new york. it may be difficult for hi...

One judge upheld have to do with the fact that our state has entities that compete with the trump hotel. and other entities in maryland hotel and restaurants that compete with his, as well. >> that is kind of a critical point here. the idea that there are 18 entities that have had subpoenas filed against them. what kind of information and documents are you hoping to see by filing this lawsuit through this discovery process? >> first and foremost, we want to prove that donald trump and his entiti...

People living in the border region with gibraltar enter into what is of course the european union. should the uk leave the eu, then of course the border situation will be different and theresa may has been quite explicit in saying that eu citizens that previously were able to enter are going to have to demonstrate the litmus test to see whether or not that they can come in. and given that there are regional elections coming up, the spanish prime minister is all the more eager to address these do...

>> mike: simply daring to dissent, our next gas has had our campus life destroyed. a student center at berkeley got kicked out of her own party and is being pressured to resign because of her religious views. her crime? she simply abstain from a largely symbolic student vote on october 31st because she didnt fully agree with certain clauses inside the pro-lgbtq bills. as a result, she got labeled homophobic. transphobic. even though she didnt even oppose the final vote. lohr had the opportunity ...

>> simply daring to dissent, our next guest has had her campus life destroyed. a student senator at berkeley got kicked out of her own party and is being pressured to resign because of her religious views. her crime? she simply abstained from a largely symbolic student vote on october 31st because she didnt fully agree with certain clauses inside the pro-lgbtq bill. as a result, she got labeled homophobic. transphobic. even though she didnt even oppose the final vote. laura had the opportunity t...

>> the main bill that i abstained from, a proposed reform to title ix. specifically one clause where a persons gender is defined as a persons biological sex. the bill that i abstained from, not only did it say we support freedom from discrimination and harassment. especially lgbtq individuals. at the end the clauses that asked me to promote lgbtq identity and lifestyles, whose primary purpose is to promote the lgbtq identity. i said because of my christian views and because i represent the chris...