emolument

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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 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

Until now, the issue of what constitutes an illegal emolument has never been litigated.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2018

It is indeed a wise provision of our Constitution which prohibits American officials from accepting "any present, emolument, office or title of any kind whatever" without the consent of Congress.

From Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft by Straus, Oscar S.