The Emoluments Clause is essentially unenforceable.
The U.S. Supreme Court denied cert to Members of Congress appealing the DC Circuit’s ruling that they lacked standing to sue President Trump for violating the Emoluments Clause. Reuters (“U.S. Supreme Court ends Democratic lawmakers’ anti-graft lawsuit against Trump“): The Supreme Court on Tuesday put an end to a lawsuit brought by congressional Democrats that accused President Donald Trump of violating anti-corruption provisions in the U.S. Constitution with his business dealings. The justices refused to hear an appeal by 215 Senate and House of Representatives Democrats of a lower court ruling that found that the lawmakers lacked the necessary legal standing to bring the case that focused on the Republican president’s ownership of the Trump International Hotel in Washington. The lawmakers accused Trump of violating the Constitution’s rarely tested “emoluments” clauses that bar presidents from taking gifts or payments from foreign and state governments without congressional approval. The lead plaintiff in the case is U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut.
