Sentences with phrase «emoluments clause states»

The foreign emoluments clause states that, absent congressional consent, no one holding any office of profit or trust shall «accept of any present, emolument, office or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign state.»

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He's also being sued separately for violating the Emoluments Clause — which prohibits federal officeholders from receiving gifts and payments from foreign states or their representatives — in his official capacity as President.»

Larry Tribe and others believe that President elect Trump's ownership of active business assets, even in a blind trust, would violate, Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the Constitution which prevents the President from accepting «presents» or «Emolument» from foreign states.

After that let's open hearings on Rump and the emolument clause (Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the United States Constituclause (Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the United States ConstituClause 8 of the United States Constitution).

Urge our State AG, Eric Schneiderman to aggressively investigate Donald Trump's conflicts of interest and potential violations of the emoluments clause of -LSB-...]

According to the Journal, Schneiderman's office is now looking into the possibility that Trump's businesses put the president in violation of the Emoluments Clause, the constitutional provision that bars an officeholder from accepting gifts, payments, or titles from a foreign state.

As a retired military officer, Flynn is prohibited under the emoluments clause of the Constitution from accepting payment from a foreign government without advance permission from both the secretary of State and the secretary of the Army.

A federal judge in Maryland has ruled that Maryland and Washington, D.C., have standing to pursue a narrowed claim in their lawsuit contending that President Donald Trump is violating the Constitution's foreign and domestic emoluments clauses by accepting payments from foreign governments and states through his business empire.

Law professor Seth Barrett Tillman of Ireland's Maynooth University submitted an amicus brief arguing that the emoluments clause doesn't apply to the president of the United States, igniting an argument among legal historians, the New York Times reported in September.

The suit against Trump, brought by Maryland and Washington, D.C., claims that the president is violating the Constitution's foreign and domestic emoluments clauses by accepting payments from foreign governments and states through his business empire.

But Daniels noted that the foreign emoluments clause says «no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign state.»

The domestic emoluments clause, also known as the presidential compensation clause, says the president shall receive compensation for his services, «which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that period any other emolument from the United States, or any of them.»

Also known as the Emoluments Clause, it was designed to shield the republican character of the United States against so - called «corrupting foreign influences».

The Title of Nobility Clause is a provision in Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution, 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 ConStates Constitution, 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 Constates without the consent of the United States ConStates Congress.

Under the so - called domestic emoluments clause, the president is prohibited from receiving any compensation from federal or state governments other than his $ 400,000 salary.