So, y'know, that constitutes a payment to the witness for testimony, which, y'know, would then impugn the integrity of the witness.
But we have no idea whether Trump will accept what emerges from this process if, in his mind, it doesn't constitute a down payment on the fantasy campaign version of his wall.
In addition, economist Bruce Bartlett has argued that the rebate would create a large opportunity for fraud, treats children disparately, and would constitute a welfare payment regardless of need.
Last year, football players at Northwestern University shook up the NCAA by filing a petition to hold a union election, arguing that their scholarships constitute a form of payment that makes them employees of the school.
But its current disposition makes it more likely than a conservative board to entertain the argument that collegiate scholarships constitute a form of payment and that the players could therefore be considered employees.
But on the second day of a tribunal in London he rejected an allegation made by the Pakistan Cricket Board that his offer constituted a "secret payment", or compromised his position.
They have already taken life in Obama's $787 billion stimulus package, a huge expansion of social spending constituting a down payment on Obama's plan for remaking the American social contract.
Instead, in a June 8 statement, the company said the settlement — totaling $15.5 million — constituted a "compassionate payment to the plaintiffs and the estates they represent in recognition of the tragic turn of events in Ogoni land, even though Shell had no part in the violence that took place".
The issue is, of course, that these payments constitute a conflict of interest (COI) in that doctors are receiving payments from the very companies making the products that they will be prescribing.
Holy Land officials maintained today that such payments constitute a tiny portion of the money the group spends supporting orphans and destitute families in the West Bank and Gaza.
