Presidential Power

Justin Elliott, Trump's Watered Down Ethics Rules Let a Lobbyist Help Run an Agency He Lobbied, ProPublica, Feb. 10, 2017 (focusing on a Dept. of Labor appointment).

Exec. Order No. 13,770, 82 Fed. Reg. 9333 (Jan. 28, 2017)

• CREW Sues Trump Over Emoluments, CREW press release, Jan. 23, 2017
• Jonathan H. Adler, Does the emoluments clause lawsuit against President Trump stand a chance?, Volokh Conspiracy, Wash. Post, Jan. 23, 2017
• Daniel Fisher, Why The Constitutional Lawsuit Against Trump Is Likely To Fail, Forbes, Jan. 22, 2017
• Robert G. Natelson, The Original Meaning of “Emoluments” in the Constitution, 52 Ga. L. Rev. 1  (2017)

• Norman L. Eisen, Richard Painter & Laurence H. Tribe, The Emoluments Clause: Its Text, Meaning and Application to Donald J. Trump, Brookings (Dec. 16, 2016).
  • Links to 23-page report: Norman L. Eisen, Richard Painter & Laurence H. Tribe, The Emoluments Clause: Its Text, Meaning and Application to Donald J. Trump  (Dec. 16, 2016).
• Peter Overby & Jim Zarroli, How Does Trump's Immigration Freeze Square With His Business Interests?, NPR, Jan. 28, 2017 (quoting Norman L. Eisen).
• Aaron C. Davis, D.C. and Maryland AGs: Trump ‘flagrantly violating’ emoluments clause, Wash. Post, June 12, 2017. District of Columbia v. Trump complaint.

District of Columbia & Maryland v. Trump, 8:17-cv-01596 (D. Md. filed June 12, 2017). Collection of filings available on DC Attorney General website.

Brett Neely, Court Allows Emoluments Case Against Trump Over D.C. Hotel To Proceed, NPR (May 14, 2020).

• 4th Cir. page links to opinions in In re Trump and District of Columbia v. Trump

GSA Inspector General Report

Office of Inspections, General Services Administration, No. JE 19-002, Evaluation of GSA's Management and Administration of the Old Post Office Building Lease,  (Jan. 16, 2019) (redacted).