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

We all learned what the word "emoluments" means.

From Salon • May 9, 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

This is why the Constitution places explicit limits on executive power, and why the foreign emoluments clause of the Constitution prohibits officers—including Supreme Court justices—from accepting these things without explicit approval from Congress.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 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