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Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Bobby R. Burchfield, 2017 Texas Review of Law & Politics article re: TRUMP ORG. "ETHCIS"
Bobby R. Burchfield, 2017 Texas Review of Law & Politics article re: TRUMP ORG. "ETHCIS"
In this presentation, I will attempt to answer three questions.
private business holdings of the President of the United States?
Modernization Commission and was the General Counsel of President George H. W.
estate, to luxury resort properties and golf courses, to vineyards.
located both throughout the United States and abroad.
views expressed in this article are those of the author.
1. See Emmie Martin, Donald Trump is Officially the Richest U.S. President in History, BUS.
(estimating Donald Trump’s net worth as $3.1 billion as of September 2017).
6SE6?type=image] (calling for Congress to nationalize the Trump Organization).
President-elect Trump asked me to serve as Ethics Advisor.
Congress, or a Federal judge”).
President; nor are the conflict of interest provisions of 18 U.S.C. §§ 202–209 . . .”).
subsidized by taxpayers” and thus violates the Emoluments Clause).
6524851 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 23, 2017) (No. 1:17-cv-00458).
13. Second Amended Complaint at 3, Citizens, 2017 WL 6524851 (No. 1:17-cv-00458).
would have been addressing to the Emoluments issues involving Defendant.”).
16. Memorandum Decision & Order at 2, 28–29, Citizens, 2017 WL 6524851 (No.
18. First Amended Complaint at 20, Blumenthal v. Trump, No. 17-1154 (D.D.C. Aug.
them in their roles as members of Congress”).
sovereign, Maryland retains its power to enforce those prohibitions today.”).
23. District of Columbia v. Trump, No. 8:17-cv-01596-PJM (D. Md. March 28, 2018).
Emoluments Clauses in the federal Constitution and Maryland’s decision to ratify it.” Id.
refers to the “civil Office” at issue.
25. U.S. CONST. art. I, § 6, cl. 2; id. art. I, § 9, cl. 8; id. art. II, § 1, cl. 7.
26. See id. art. II, § 1, cl. 7.
28. Id. art. I, § 6, cl. 2.
29. Id. art. I, § 9, cl. 8.
determine its meaning in the Vesting Clause of Article III).
from his performance of the Office of President.
in the U.S. Constitution: A Corpus Linguistic Analysis of American English, 1760–1799, 59 S.
between the benefit and performance of the office seems compelling.
emoluments issue was raised during that purchase.
Wash. v. Trump, 2017 WL 6524851 (No. 1:17-cv-00458) (same).
purchase of real property by then President George Washington).
David Stuart voted in Virginia’s state convention).
upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.”).
on Vice President Rockefeller’s nomination, Senator Byrd stated, “[o]bviously if [Mr.
Administration United States Senate, 93rd Cong. 80–83 (1974).
42. Letter from Acting Att’y Gen. Laurence H. Silberman to Hon. Howard W.
STATES, H.R. Rep. No. 93-1609, at 39–40 (1974).
ed. June 25, 2013); Letter from Penny S. Pritzker to Barbara Fredericks, Assistant Gen.
President.46 The President was not impressed by this argument.
experience as some of his primary qualifications for office.
potentially draconian loss of value.
perform the essential duties of the position of Secretary.
Wash. v. Trump, 2017 WL 6524851 (No. 1:17-cv-00458).
49. Ariel Stulberg, How Much Does the Trump Brand Pay?, REAL DEAL: N.Y. REAL EST.
property rights might be reviewable in certain circumstances.
Government involvement in the process could be extensive.
of whom he has appointed.
ethical issues; it would multiply and magnify them.
Another possibility proposed by certain critics is a blind trust.
55. Cummings & Jeffries, supra note 52, at 1.
Clinton did the same with their assets.
definition advocated by CREW and others.
58. DILLON ET AL., supra note 6, at 1.
divestiture is required provided: A. The trustee is truly independent . . .”).
64. SELECT COMMITTEE ON ETHICS: UNITED STATES SENATE, 124th Cong., QUALIFIED BLIND TRUSTS 3 (2015) https://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve?
(listing which assets may and which may not be included in a qualified blind trust).
certain ethics statutes, although not the Emoluments Clauses.
WHAT IS THE CURRENT STRUCTURE AND HOW DOES IT WORK?
the Trump Brand, would be difficult).
66. See Martin, supra note 1.
68. New York City Charter ch. 68 § 2404 (2017).
Chapter 68 of the New York City Charter).
70. Id.; see also Andrew Sorkin, Bloomberg Chooses a Friend to Manage His Fortune, N.Y.
72. Memorandum from Antonin Scalia, supra note 10.
transactions, including branding and management transactions.
In reviewing the covered transactions, I apply four standards.
73. Donald Trump’s News Conference, supra note 4.
President-elect Trump’s plan to place his vast business interests in a revocable trust).
76. DILLON ET AL., supra note 6, at 2.
78. DILLON ET AL., supra note 6, at 2.
criteria am I able to review it and confirm compliance.
have violated their own proscriptions.

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