What?

No?

Gee, what a surprise!

Per the complaint, it seems CREW is 'just' looking for a declaration of wrong-doing and a remedy to the behavior based on their stature {"CREW is a nonprofit, nonpartisan corporation organized under the laws of Delaware"}

https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/top-legal-ethics-scholars-to-file-first-major-lawsuit-agains?utm_term=.rwYaX8B8Vn#.mrZz3ded7j

In order to bring a lawsuit, you have to show direct harm to yourself as a result of the complained-of conduct.

It's the easiest way for courts to dispose of complaints against government officials: No standing.

So CREW is trying to establish why it has a right to be in court in the first place.

Anything to bring down that pile of shit.

Delay, Delay, Delay,
Deny, Misdirect, Deny some more
Lie, Lie, Lie....
Delay, Delay, Delay.....
Then probably start a war so it gets put on the back burner.

Admittedly, I haven't read the complaint. If there's some real gem in there, I hope someone more diligent than I will enlighten me.

The problem I see for CREW is that there's no possible Emoluments Clause violation before January 20, 2017. Throughout 2016 and all prior years, Trump was a private citizen and entitled to accept all the foreign bribes he could get his little hands on.

The case relates only to the period after his inauguration. That would justify, at most, disclosure of information from calendar year 2017. His returns for the period covering his Presidency obviously haven't even been filed yet. (Maybe the hotel is owned by a corporation that doesn't use the calendar year as its tax year, but it's hard to believe that it uses January 22 or the like as the closing date.)

Even for the relevant time period, courts are reluctant to order disclosure of tax returns. An obvious alternative would be disclosure of financial records of any of his businesses that might have received improper payments.

Finally, when tax returns or other sensitive papers are deemed relevant, they're often ordered disclosed under a protective order. That would mean that the lawyers for the other party can see them but can't disclose them to anyone else. Any briefs or other papers that reference the protected information must be filed under seal, so that members of the public who go to the clerk's office and request the file can't view them.