Jed Shugerman was quoted in the Washington Post about President Trump’s possible violation of the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause.
Jed Shugerman, a law professor at Fordham University, said he believes D.C. and Maryland have a strong argument to make that the case should proceed and that federal courts should establish a “bright line” for presidents as to what constitutes an emoluments violation. Similar questions could have been raised about the Clinton Foundation if Hillary Clinton had won the White House, he said.
“We need clarity not just for the Trump administration but because there has been too much blurring of the lines of what is appropriate and what is not,” he said.