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The Foreign Emoluments 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 federal government from receiving gifts, emoluments, offices or titles from foreign states and monarchies without the consent of the United States Congress.
Alexander Hamilton, one of the framers of the Constitution, was concerned about foreign corruption of the new United States. [11] Towards that end, the Foreign Emoluments Clause can be seen as a measure to prevent corruption, but one that has yet to be interpreted by the courts.
Emoluments Clause may refer to the following clauses in the United States Constitution: Ineligibility Clause, Article I, Section 6, Clause 2, also called the Incompatibility Clause, affecting members of Congress; Foreign Emoluments Clause, Article I, Section 9, Clause 8, also called the Title of Nobility Clause, affecting the executive branch
The emoluments clause bans U.S. officials from accepting gifts or payments from foreign governments without congressional consent. ... Trump's attorneys have argued in court that the Constitution ...
Democrats argued during his first term that Trump’s stake in the hotel violated the Foreign Emoluments Clause, a constitutional provision forbidding a president from receiving things of value ...
Democratic lawmakers and government watchdogs argued throughout Trump’s first term that he violated the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. They pointed to foreign governments ...
D.C. and Maryland v. Trump was a lawsuit filed on June 12, 2017, in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.The plaintiffs, the U.S. state of Maryland and the District of Columbia, alleged that the defendant, President Donald Trump, had violated the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the United States Constitution by accepting gifts from foreign governments.
Specifically, Defendant has committed and will commit violations of both the Foreign Emoluments Clause and the Domestic Emoluments Clause, involving at least: (a) leases held by foreign-government-owned entities in New York's Trump Tower; (b) room reservations, restaurant purchases, the use of facilities, and the purchase of other services and ...