A controversy over whether Alexander Hamilton signed a document indicating that the president is subject to the foreign emoluments clause isn’t over yet, Josh Blackman, a professor at South Texas College of Law Houston, told Bloomberg BNA Sept. 22 (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. Trump, S.D.N.Y., No. 1:17-cv-00458, motion for leave to respond to amici curiae brief denied 9/21/17).
Blackman filed an amicus brief supporting President Donald Trump on behalf of legal scholar Seth Barrett Tillman, who argues Hamilton didn’t intend for the clause to apply to the president.
Legal historians filed their...