This time next week @ElizabethWydra & I will be in court, arguing on behalf of @SenBlumenthal @RepJerryNadler & nearly 200 other members of Congress that the courts must hold @realdonaldtrump accountable to the Constitution. #NoOneAbovetheLaw 1/ 
The Foreign Emoluments Clause is a critical anti-corruption provision in our Constitution, adopted by the Framers to ensure that our nation's leaders put the national interest above their financial self-interest. 2/
Since taking office, @realDonaldTrump has been brazenly violating the Clause, accepting all kinds of benefits from foreign governments w/o first obtaining the consent of Congress, as the Constitution requires 3/
Why do the President's repeated violations of the Foreign Emoluments Clause matter? They matter because every time the President acts, the American people are forced to ask whether he's acting in their best interest, or in his own. 4/
Why do the President's repeated violations of the Foreign Emoluments Clause matter? They matter because they undermine our foreign policy & national security, as nat'l security experts like @madeleine & @JohnKerry have pointed out theusconstitution.org/wp-content/upl… 5/
Why do the President's repeated violations of the Foreign Emoluments Clause matter? They matter because we are a nation of laws, in which no one, including the President, is above the law. 6/
If @realdonaldtrump won't comply with the Constitution on his own, it is the responsibility of the courts to require him to do so, and that is why we'll be in court next week. 7/
For more on this historic lawsuit brought by nearly 200 members of Congress, check out @MyConstitution's site on the case & the Foreign Emoluments Clause theusconstitution.org/litigation/tru… 8/8
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