Reminder #1: @nytimes cracked @realDonaldTrump's decades of criminal tax fraud.
Reminder #2: State Attorneys General have solid basis to use their #QuoWarranto powers to investigate and potentially dissolve the Trump Organization and LLCs. cc: @TishJames @NewYorkStateAG THREAD
Reminder #2: State Attorneys General have solid basis to use their #QuoWarranto powers to investigate and potentially dissolve the Trump Organization and LLCs. cc: @TishJames @NewYorkStateAG THREAD
2/ When it was unclear how to pursue #Emoluments suits against Trump because of standing problems in Feb. 2017, I wrote about the history of the powerful "quo warranto" writ and the statutory powers of state AGs to investigate corporate fraud. shugerblog.com/2017/02/09/sta…
3/ The old English writ of Quo Warranto has been enacted into state law as a state power to investigate corporate fraud through civil, not criminal process.
@realDonaldTrump can try to fire Mueller and Rosenstein, but he cannot stop the state AGs.
@realDonaldTrump can try to fire Mueller and Rosenstein, but he cannot stop the state AGs.
4/ Similarly, the Supreme Court does not have a basis for blocking this state power. The state AGs will give Trump Org due process. As much as liberals have been understandably frustrated by the uses and abuses of federalism, this era is a reminder of why federalism is crucial.
5/ Here's @Dahlialithwick's concise piece (Feb 2017) on my Quo Warranto vs. Trump strategy. But it's now about a lot more than emoluments. The fraud is already clear. cc: @DemocraticAGs @AGBecerra @BrianFrosh @LisaMadigan @TishJames @MarkHerringVA @ronfein slate.com/articles/news_…
