President Donald Trump will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a lower appellate court’s revival of Maryland’s claim that he has committed corruption of constitutional consequence in the handling of his Washington hotel. In papers filed Friday, Trump’s attorneys asked ...

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Saying no one is above the law, a bitterly divided federal appeals court Thursday revived Maryland’s claim that President Donald Trump has committed corruption of constitutional consequence in the handling of his property in Washington. In a 9-6 decision, the ...

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President Donald Trump will seek a court order permitting him to appeal a federal judge’s decision allowing Maryland and the District of Columbia to pursue their lawsuit alleging corruption by him in the handling of his hotel property in Washington.

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OCEAN CITY — Leadership for the administrative law section of the Maryland State Bar Association were unsure whether a session on executive power would remain relevant when they planned it months ago, but law professors Michael I. Meyerson and Mark Graber ...

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President Donald Trump’s frequent visits to Maryland should not leave him vulnerable to being sued as a private citizen in federal court in the state for allegedly violating the Constitution’s anti-corruption provision by diverting business from the state’s hotels to his own property in Washington, D.C., Trump’s private attorney has argued in court filings.

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As a frequent visitor to Maryland, President Donald Trump can be sued as a private citizen in federal court in the state for allegedly violating the Constitution’s anti-corruption provision by diverting business from the state’s hotels to his own property in Washington, D.C., according to Maryland’s attorney general.

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President Donald Trump will have to contend for now with a lawsuit claiming he is improperly profiting from his posh downtown Washington hotel.

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A federal judge must dismiss Maryland's lawsuit against citizen Donald Trump for alleged violations of the Constitution’s anti-corruption provision because such a claim can only be brought against a president in his official capacity, the U.S. Justice Department stated in court papers filed Monday.

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Whoever drafted this summons did not have to look up the address.

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A federal judge appears poised to permit Maryland and the District of Columbia to proceed with their lawsuit alleging President Donald Trump unconstitutionally received personal benefits via his hotel holdings while in office so long as the attorneys general amend ...

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