Supreme Court Tosses Emoluments Lawsuits Filed Against Trump While He Was President
The Supreme Court has thrown out two longshot anti-corruption lawsuits against former President Donald Trump on the grounds that they were moot because he has left office and become a private citizen.
The high court unburdened itself on Jan. 25 of Trump v. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), court file number 20-330, and Trump v. District of Columbia, court file number 20-331.
No justices dissented from the rulings, which are victories for Trump. The novel lawsuits came about because Trump, a billionaire real estate developer, refused under intense pressure from his opponents to give up his business empire while in the White House. While he did step aside from managing his businesses while president, that didn’t satisfy his critics.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and other state attorney generals are challenging the Trump administration's rollback of Endangered Species Act Protections.
A health care worker shortage has been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. The lack of nurses may be the most consequential. Maryland nurses are stretched, stressed and spent. Some are leaving their jobs and signing on with staffing agencies that pay better and are driving up the cost of providing health care.
He buried his son a week ago. Now Jamie Raskin is leading the impeachment charge.
Meagan Flynn and Erin Cox, The Washington Post
Jan. 12, 2021
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., are shown at a news conference on Oct. 9, 2020.Photo for The Washington Post by Sarah Silbiger
He returned home sometime after 4 a.m. on Thursday, after Congress finished certifying the election results in the shadow of a mob invasion, and tried to get some rest. I haven t been sleeping a lot since we ve been without Tommy, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., admitted.
It had been a week since his 25-year-old son, Thomas Bloom Raskin, died by suicide, less than two days since they buried him, and just over 12 hours since Raskin took cover with his daughter and son-in-law at the U.S. Capitol as thousands of Trump supporters ransacked the building and fatally attacked police.