“The founders of our country were so worried about foreign governments paying cash and giving other benefits to an American president, and the distortion that can have on a President's decision making, that they put a prohibition on it in the Constitution.”
“It's the original conflicts law of the United States, it's called the foreign emoluments clause," “Emoluments is just a fancy, 18th century word for payola.”
There are two Emolument clauses: Art.I, Sec. 9, clause (paragraph) 8 applies to Congress; and Art. II, Sec. 1, clause 7 applies to the President and Vice-President, and are different in scope.
The Title of Nobility Clause is a provision in Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution,[1] that prohibits the federal government from granting titles of nobility, and restricts members of the government from receiving gifts, emoluments, offices or titles from foreign states without the consent of the United States Congress. Also known as the Emoluments Clause, it was designed to shield the republican character of the United States against so–called "corrupting foreign influences". This shield is reinforced by the corresponding prohibition on state titles of nobility in Article I, Section 10, and more generally by the Republican Guarantee Clause in Article IV, Section 4.[2]
NEW YORK ― A government ethics watchdog filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against President Donald Trump, claiming that he is violating the Constitution by enriching himself off of foreign governments through his global business ties.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is represented in the lawsuit by a number of prominent law professors, a leading progressive Supreme Court lawyer and ethics experts who have worked for both Democratic and Republican presidents.
CREW’s legal argument rests on Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8 of the Constitution ― the once-obscure Foreign Emoluments Clause, which since Trump’s election has gained enormous attention for how it appears to cover the president’s business dealings.
The clause states that “no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.” It has never been interpreted by the Supreme Court.
Trump has insisted that as president, he is exempt from having conflicts of interest. Congress could technically exempt the president and vice president from conflict-of-interest laws ― due to the presumption that no leader would bring such conflicts to the Oval Office in the first place.
President Trump Has Already Violated The Constitution, Lawsuit Claims
CREW’s legal argument rests on Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8 of the Constitution ― the once-obscure Foreign Emoluments Clause, which since Trump’s election has gained enormous attention for how it appears to cover the president’s business dealings.
The clause states that “no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.” It has never been interpreted by the Supreme Court.
President Trump Has Already Violated The Constitution, Lawsuit Claims
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