The Emoluments Clauses of the U.S. Constitution (IF11086) / Kevin J. Hickey, Michael A. Foster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hickey, Kevin J., author.

Foster, Michael A. (Legislative attorney), author.

Contributor:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, issuing body.

Series:

IF ; 11086

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trump, Donald, 1946-.

Trump, Donald.

United States. Constitution--Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8.

United States.

Constitutions--United States.

Constitutions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Updated irregularly

Edition:

[Library of Congress public edition].

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Congressional Research Service, 2019.

Summary:

Litigation during the Trump Administration raised a The purpose of the Ineligibility Clause is to preserve the number of legal issues concerning formerly obscure separation of powers and prevent executive influence on the constitutional provisions that prohibit the acceptance or legislature (and vice versa). The Clause thus prohibits receipt of "emoluments" in certain circumstances. This In federal officers from simultaneously serving as Members of Focus provides an overview of these constitutional Congress. Moreover, a Member of Congress may not hold provisions, highlighting several unsettled legal areas an office if it was established during his tenure or if the concerning their meaning and scope, and reviewing the emoluments of that office were increased during his tenure. litigation against former President Donald Trump based on Officers Subject to the his alleged violations of the Emoluments Clauses.

Notes:

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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Congressional Research Service, viewed August 6, 2023).

OCLC:

1100589699