The intensifying threat of Donald Trump’s emoluments

The Trump administration's seeming defiance of court orders, as well as the apparent efforts of congressional Republicans to undermine the separation of powers and the judiciary’s power to check the executive branch, could have vast implications for the lives of everyday Americans. 

Trump’s nominee for solicitor general, John Sauer, deflected questions about whether he would advance arguments that violate the 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition on Trump being elected to a third term as president.