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emolument

[ih-mol-yuh-muhnt] / ɪˈmɒl jə mənt /
NOUN
payment
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Article II, Section 1 and Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution prohibit the president in particular and public officials in general from receiving any emolument from domestic or foreign sources while in office.

From Salon Apr. 21, 2024

District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan rejected the DOJ’s narrow interpretation of what constitutes an emolument as “unpersuasive and inconsistent.”

From Slate Apr. 30, 2019

The third judge on the panel, A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr., focused on what constitutes an illegal emolument.

From New York Times Mar. 19, 2019

The domestic emolument prohibition prevents the president from getting anything of value from the government other than his official compensation.

From Washington Times Nov. 2, 2018

The laws were framed and administered for their protection and emolument.

From Liberty In The Nineteenth Century by Holland, Frederic May




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