emoluments

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“This is why the emoluments clause is in the Constitution to begin with. It was put in there for a reason,” Schiff said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

If adopted, that prohibition could help the company contend with lawsuits based on the so-called foreign emoluments clause of the Constitution, which prohibits federal officials from accepting gifts or payments from other governments.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2024

They wrote the foreign and domestic emoluments clauses into the Constitution because they knew that crass case-by-case bribery is unnecessary if one simply showers the powerful with valuable gifts.

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2024

The proposal led by Rep. Jamie Raskin and Sen. Richard Blumenthal would enforce the Constitution’s ban on emoluments, which prohibits the president from accepting foreign gifts and money without Congress’ permission.

From Seattle Times • May 21, 2024

We may be sure, however, that this exportation is transacted not simply for the emoluments of sale, but for the instruction of awful example.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson