NEW: The emoluments fight between Trump and DC/MD is back on, with the full 4th Circuit ruling that a panel was wrong to take up Trump's appeal when it did — this isn't about the merits of the fight, it revives the case. More to come, here's the opinion: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6890… 
TODAY: A court fight over whether Trump can profit from his businesses while he's in office is back on — an appeals court revived the case after a panel of judges dismissed it last year.
Trump's lawyer has already said they're taking it to SCOTUS. buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Trump's lawyer has already said they're taking it to SCOTUS. buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Courts in DC, Maryland, and New York have been kicking around cases accusing Trump of violating the Constitution's prohibition against accepting "emoluments" for three years, stemming from his refusal to divest from his businesses when he became president buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
In two opinions, a majority of the 4th Circuit held that a three-judge panel was wrong to take up Trump's appeals of decisions against him at this stage of the case, and more broadly rejected the argument that courts couldn't hear this type of case at all buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Judge Motz, writing for the majority: "Allowing the President to be the final arbiter of both the interpretation and enforcement of the law — as the dissents would — would gravely offend separation of powers" buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Every few months, there's a day when we all get to unlock the part of our brains that is now reserved for knowing what the word "emoluments" means. Today is that day. buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
DOJ and Trump's personal counsel both confirm they'll be taking the emoluments fight to SCOTUS buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
