Sentence examples for emoluments using from inspiring English sources

Both ROC United and Phaneuf "have solid claims that they are injured by President Trump's emoluments, using his office as an illegal market advantage over his competitors by drawing business from foreign entities and from federal and state spending," Shugerman wrote in a legal blog.

The word emolument was used often in the 18th century to refer to the compensation or profit that would go with holding an office.

CREW's case would become just one of several emoluments lawsuits filed against Trump, but it was the first, and it came together during the early, emotional post-election period, when Trump's many detractors were looking for something — anything — to suggest that he could be removed swiftly from office, or at least be prevented from using the Presidency to boost his business.

First, Trump could use a slippery legal argument that has gained some currency among a few scholars: that the Emoluments Clause simply doesn't apply to the President.

His benefitting from leasing this US property violates the domestic emoluments clause of US Const.

Sporadic interest in closing the loopholes companies use to twist themselves into such structures tends to sputter out, whether through genuine concern at the economic fallout or as a result of corporate emoluments spread over the appropriate constituencies.

But Trump and Dillon argued that the Emoluments Clause doesn't necessarily apply to Trump.

That may not be legally required, since federal conflict-of-interest laws don't fully apply to the President, though the Constitution's Emoluments Clause should.

Nine months later, the emoluments issue has faded from view.

The emoluments clause was forged of their hard-won wisdom.

He preferred rising in his own profession to the emoluments of the civil service.