One of the emoluments lawsuits against Donald Trump got new life on Tuesday when the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals announced that the full court would take it up. The lawsuit, brought by Washington, D.C., and Maryland, focuses on business foreign governments are bringing to Trump’s D.C. hotel.
When the 4th Circuit first heard arguments in the case, it was with a three-judge panel made up entirely of Republican appointees who were openly hostile to the case and ultimately dismissed it. Apparently many of their colleagues on the court want a chance to revisit the issue of how much and how and from whom Trump is profiting from the presidency.
This isn’t the only emoluments setback for Trump recently. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals also recently revived an emoluments lawsuit, brought by restaurant owners and others in the hospitality industry, that had been dismissed by a federal district judge. A third emoluments lawsuit is before the D.C. Circuit.