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\"BlogSalon<\/b> – In a discussion with \u201cYoung Turks\u201d reporter Eric Byler at the Bowie State University health care rally this weekend, newly elected Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, revealed that one of his first orders of business will be impeaching the president-elect.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now it looks pretty obvious that he\u2019s on a collision course with the Emoluments Clause,\u201d he noted. \u201cHe has refused to divest himself of tens or hundreds of millions of dollars of business interests he has around the world doing business with foreign governments.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Raskin rightly observes, the Emoluments Clause is designed to inoculate the executive office from corrupting foreign influences.<\/p>\n

Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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