Thanks! I somehow missed that one. Since the cases were vacated, future emoluments suits can still be filed, right?
Yes, but they'll also be moot. The only saving grace here is that the way SCOTUS mooted these suits by definition can't set precedent, so once the current justices die in office there'll be hope again.
And the Supreme Court waited until he was no longer president to call it moot.
When was that?
January, 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/us/emoluments-trump-supreme-court.html
Thanks! I somehow missed that one. Since the cases were vacated, future emoluments suits can still be filed, right?
Yes, but they'll also be moot. The only saving grace here is that the way SCOTUS mooted these suits by definition can't set precedent, so once the current justices die in office there'll be hope again.