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The Emoluments Clauses and the Presidency


ArtII.S1.C7.1 Emoluments Clause and Presidential Compensation

An annotation about Article II, Section 1, Clause 7 of the Constitution of the United States.

The Emoluments Clauses of the U.S. Constitution - CRS Reports

Litigation during the Trump Administration raised a number of legal issues concerning formerly obscure constitutional provisions that ...

Profiting off the Presidency: Trump's Violations of the Emoluments ...

President Donald Trump has been violating the Constitution since noon on January 20, 2017. His decision in the months prior to his inauguration to retain ...

What Is the Emoluments Clause? - Britannica

How a single line of the U.S. Constitution guards against improper foreign influence on federal officeholders.

The Emoluments Clauses of the U.S. Constitution

Litigation during the Trump Administration raised a number of legal issues concerning formerly obscure constitutional provisions that ...

Supreme Court Ducks an Opportunity on Trump Emoluments Cases

The justices dismissed two cases about then-President Trump's alleged violations of the Emoluments Clauses, which are the Constitution's guardrails against ...

The intensifying threat of Donald Trump's emoluments - CREW

Donald Trump will violate the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses if he serves as president and fails to divest from his businesses.

The Foreign Emoluments Clause: Article I, Section 9, Clause 8

This Clause proved problematic in practice. Foreign powers gifted their departing American emissaries with the same kinds of gifts they had customarily given ...

Emoluments Clause and Presidential Compensation | US Law

Article II, Section 1, Clause 7 provides that Congress may not increase or decrease the President's compensation during his term in office.

The Emoluments Clause and the President

Prior to his election in November 2016, President Donald Trump had an extensive private business empire. He was a well-known real estate developer.

Emoluments Clause

Emoluments ClausePresident Trump is defying warnings from Republican and Democratic ethics experts and refusing to do what every previous president has done ...

Emoluments Clauses · The Constitution and the Clinton Presidency

The Foreign Emoluments Clause (Article I, Section 9, Clause 8) restricted President Clinton and other White House employees from receiving any presents from ...

Congress Can Give the Emoluments Clause Real Teeth

The Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Enforcement Act can help enforce one of our nation's oldest anti-corruption provisions.

Emoluments Lawsuit | Attorney General Brian Schwalb - DC OAG

In 2017, Attorney General Racine and Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh sued President Trump for violating the Constitution's Emoluments Clauses.

Foreign Emoluments Clause - Wikipedia

The Foreign Emoluments Clause is a provision in Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution, that prohibits the federal government from ...

The Emoluments Clauses and the Presidency - Every CRS Report

The purpose of the Foreign Emoluments Clause is to prevent corruption and limit foreign influence on federal officers. The Clause grew out of ...

The emoluments clause, explained for Donald Trump - Vox

A provision of the Constitution which prevents federal officials from being compensated by foreign governments.

What is the Emoluments Clause and what does it mean for Trump?

Maryland and D.C. claim the President violated the Constitution's Emoluments Clause by keeping ownership of his businesses which is taking ...

Enforcing the Intent of the Constitution's Foreign and Domestic ...

The Foreign Emoluments Clause prohibits some federal officials, including the president, from receiving payments or other benefits from foreign governments, ...

The Constitution's Foreign Emoluments Clause - FindLaw

Traditionally, foreign governments have given gifts and valuable items to visiting heads of state and other government officials in an attempt to gain favor ...