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.