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minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·11 months agoJanuary, 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/us/emoluments-trump-supreme-court.html
minus-squareOlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·11 months agoThanks! I somehow missed that one. Since the cases were vacated, future emoluments suits can still be filed, right?
minus-squarequindraco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-211 months agoYes, but they’ll also be moot. The only saving grace here is that the way SCOTUS mooted these suits by definition can’t set precedent, so once the current justices die in office there’ll be hope again.
When was that?
January, 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/us/emoluments-trump-supreme-court.html
Thanks! I somehow missed that one. Since the cases were vacated, future emoluments suits can still be filed, right?
Yes, but they’ll also be moot. The only saving grace here is that the way SCOTUS mooted these suits by definition can’t set precedent, so once the current justices die in office there’ll be hope again.