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    After A Year In Office, Trump Still Facing Constitutional Challenges Over Businesses

    Over the past year, three lawsuits have alleged that President Trump is failing to obey the Constitution's anti-corruption clauses. One suit has been dismissed. Now another is about to get a hearing.
    by Peter Overby Jan 21, 2018 3 minutes
    Then-presidential candidate Donald Trump (C) and his family prepare to cut the ribbon at the new Trump International Hotel on October 26, 2016, in Washington, D.C.

    As President Trump marks the first anniversary of his inauguration, his lawyers are preparing for next week's preliminary arguments in a suit that alleges he is violating the Constitution's anti-corruption provisions, known as the foreign and domestic Emoluments Clauses.

    The suit, brought by the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland, contends that people seeking to influence the Trump administration are pumping money into his hotels and golf courses.

    Such transactions "could

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