The Emoluments Clause and the President

What Is The Emoluments Clause And How Does It Apply To Donald ...

The Founding Fathers established a strict prohibition on foreign gifts and payments for a reason.

The president and the 'emolument clause' - Minnesota Lawyer

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Is Trump profiting from his office in violation of the Constitution ...

The court carefully considered what the word 'emoluments' meant at the time the Constitution was drafted.

Why the Emoluments-Clause Lawsuits Against President Trump Matter

It sounds like a law school exam question: Can partisan opponents sue the president for alleged violations of the foreign emoluments clause ...

Why the emoluments clause will not end Trump's presidency

All three of the lawsuits filed against Trump alleging emoluments violations face uphill battles in court. Image: Donald Trump, Donald Trump ...

Trump's Business Ties and the Constitution's Emoluments Clause

The legality of President Donald Trump's vast business ties is governed by a clause of the U.S. Constitution that most Americans have never ...

Emolument: What it is, History in the Constitution - Investopedia

An emolument is compensation, based on time and length of activity, for employment, services, or holding office, and is generally used in a legal context.

Okay, Can We Care About the Emoluments Clause Now?

The minority of the House Oversight Committee just released a 156-page report on exactly how the former president put his office up for ...

What Is the Emoluments Clause? - Bajoka Law

... President Trump violated the federal emoluments clause. These members of Congress are seeking the ability to case a binding vote on whether ...

Trump called the emoluments clause 'phony.' Here's why it could be ...

There's evidence that the Founders felt that violating the emoluments clause was an impeachable offense, constitutional law experts said.

Donald Trump and the Emoluments Clause - New York Magazine

A group of enterprising lawyers thinks it might be, whether all roads lead to Russia or not.

Reading the Office of Legal Counsel on Emoluments: Do Super ...

I wrote last November that the Foreign Emoluments Clause “is on its face a national security provision designed to protect the country from ...

What is an emolument and why do we care? | Constitution Center

President-elect Donald J. Trump might have some unique decisions to make about how his business assets are managed as he serves in the White ...

Emoluments Clause: Could Overturning 185 Years of Precedent Let ...

Another view of the clause in the Constitution regarding payments from foreign countries would let Trump off the hook — and overturn more ...

Emoluments, Textualism and Original Intent

The Foreign Emoluments Clause prohibits any “Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust” from accepting “any present, Emolument, Office, or ...

Resolving the Merits of the Emoluments Cases: Either Way, Several ...

President Trump's amici also argue that the Foreign Emoluments Clause does not apply to presidents, although President Trump has not raised this ...

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In Trump emoluments case, questions of ethics and constitutional ...

Lawsuits have been filed in federal court in New York, Maryland, and the District of Columbia seeking a declaration that President Trump is ...

Supreme Court dismisses emoluments cases against Trump - CNN

The Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a case concerning whether former President Donald Trump violated provisions of the Constitution ...

Trump wins appeal of emoluments clause lawsuit by Democrats

The case, filed by 215 members of Congress is just one of several lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump with a claim he violated the ...