October 22, 2019
The President (click here for video as well - thank you) called the emoluments clause of the Constitution ‘phony.’ However, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals appears to disagree. The court announced that it will hear arguments over his potential violation of that clause in early December. Meanwhile, the Manhattan district attorney struck a deal with the President’s lawyers over the President’s tax returns. But depending on the opinion of the 2nd Circuit, either side could take the case to the Supreme Court. Former US Attorney and Former FBI Senior Official Chuck Rosenberg joins Katy Tur to discuss.
..But, (click here) as Marrero also appeared to recognize, the largest problem with Trump’s argument is that it appears to be irreconcilable with the Supreme Court’s decision requiring Nixon to turn over the White House tapes. As now–Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh observed in an article he wrote in 1998, the Nixon decision stands for the proposition that a president must turn over “relevant evidence in criminal proceedings,” absent a specific claim of a threat to national security....
86 Geo. L.J. 2133
Georgetown Law Journal
July, 1998
Symposium
The Independent Counsel Act
From Watergate to Whitewater and Beyond
Contribution
Brett M. Kavanaugh a1
Copyright (c) 1998 by the Georgetown Law Journal Association; Brett M. Kavanaugh
"The President and the Independent Counsel" (click here)
There is no immunity from impeachment, no matter if a Supreme Court Associate Justice is corrupt to the core. The primary reason Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court was to protect Trump from the investigation, etc.
Judge Marrero has advised the parties to mitigate their differences because no matter how much Kavanaugh "brown nose's" Trump's corruption fears there are still clearly three branches of government intended to "check and balance" the power within the USA Constitution.
Trump will never be empowered to be a king no matter how much he exercises obstruction of the Congress.
