https://reformclub.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-mystery-of-blumenthal-v-trump.html
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Blumenthal v. Trump, Civ. A. No. 1:17-cv-01154-EGS (D.D.C. filed 2017), is one of three Emoluments-Clauses-related actions filed against President Trump. The initial Blumenthal complaint was filed on June 14, 2017 in the federal district court for the District of Columbia. The case was assigned to Judge Emmet G. Sullivan. The action was brought by scores of Democratic representatives and senators. It was brought against the President in his official capacity, and so, the President is represented exclusively by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”). …
In other words, in the District of Columbia action, Judge Sullivan’s standing-only ruling did not dispose of the DOJ’s motion to dismiss. The customary or target deadline for resolving such a motion is 6 months—i.e., the 6-month target to resolve the DOJ’s motion to dismiss was December 7, 2018. December 7 has come and gone. We are now 3 months post-deadline. There has been no call by the court for further clarification, renewed briefing, or renewed oral argument. Yet the DOJ’s motion to dismiss remains unresolved.
Why?
Why the delay?
Where is the decision?
What is going on?
The last published report, as of March 2018, listing federal judges (and how many of their motions are overdue—i.e., beyond the 6 month target) shows that Judge Sullivan had no such outstanding motions.*** So why does this motion remain undecided?
For what it is worth, there is parallel litigation against the President in the Fourth Circuit and Second Circuit. Oral argument in the Fourth Circuit case is scheduled for March 19, 2019, 9:30 AM, in Richmond. The oral argument in the Second Circuit case was on October 30, 2018. It follows that a Second Circuit decision is due circa April 30, 2019. I find it difficult to imagine that Judge Sullivan, in the District of Columbia action, is waiting for guidance from the Second and Fourth Circuits. Those decisions are not due for months. But if the delay is not for that reason, why is there any delay at all?
[There's a reference to a court hearing on March 19]