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Federal appeals court reinstates Trump emoluments case

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated Friday a lawsuit that accused President Trump of violating the Constitution’s emoluments clause, per Bloomberg.

Why it matters: The decision dredges up one of the president’s most persistent ongoing legal threats. It’s a high-level ruling for such a case and could force the president to defend himself in court because only an expanded version of the Second Circuit or the Supreme Court could overturn the decision.

  • The case was originally brought by Trump’s business rivals in New York, but was dismissed by a lower-level federal judge in December 2017.

The big picture: This isn’t the only emoluments-linked case that the president has faced.

View the complete September 13 article on the Axios website here.

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