I'm a conservative, and this is just another of dozens of dumb things Trump has tweeted about. Impeachment talk over it is laughable, but it certainly is dumb for a potus to be worrying about crap like this. I am curious if the clothing line was dropped for sales or political reasons, not that Nordstrom can't do whatever they want.
Impeachable offense.
This is consistent with the views of other Framers, including Alexander Hamilton of New York, who
described impeachable offenses as arising from “the misconduct of public men, or in other words from the abuse or violation of some public trust,” and future Supreme Court Justice James Iredell of North Carolina, who
described impeachable conduct as including instances where the president “acted from some corrupt motive,” giving the example of a president receiving “a bribe . . . from a foreign power, and under the influence of that bribe . . . [getting Senate] consent to a pernicious treaty.”
Finally, this is consistent with historical practice.
At least six impeachments have alleged “the use of office for personal gain or the appearance of financial impropriety while in office.” For example, in 1912, Judge Robert W. Archbald was charged with “using his office to secure business favors from litigants and potential litigants before his court”; three other federal judges were charged with “misusing their power to appoint and set the fees of bankruptcy receivers for personal profit.” These have been
described under the heading of “Using the Office for an Improper Purpose or Personal Gain.”
Unfortunately, President Trump has been unwilling to separate his presidential duty from his business interests, with the result that he receives payments from foreign governments in violation of the Foreign Emoluments Clause. President Trump’s conduct has the effect of undermining the integrity of the presidency and disregarding his
constitutional oath to “faithfully execute the office of the president of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” His ongoing receipt of this foreign government income and other financial benefits through his businesses disregards his constitutional oath to “preserve . . . the Constitution of the United States,” undermines the integrity of the executive branch and abuses the public trust.
To paraphrase Edmund Jennings Randolph: it has been discovered, and he may be impeached.
http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/“if-d...esident-trump-and-the-foreign-emoluments-clause
