Updates | The Week of May 29, 2017
The word "emolument" as used by William Blackstone covered a wide array of transactions, reports John Mikhail at Balkanization.
- Jed Shugerman elaborates on this "Blackstone breakthrough" at Shugerblog.
The CREW Emoluments Clause lawsuit against President Trump added Eric Goode, owner of New York hotels, to its lawsuit, further buttressing the claim to standing (NYT).
President Trump has extensive business interests in Saudi Arabia and Israel, two of the countries he visited on his first presidential trip abroad, details Maya Gold (CREW).
The New York Times follows up on President Trump’s promise to donate proceeds from the new Trump Hotel to the U.S. Treasury, and doesn’t like what it finds.