Sentence examples for the emoluments from inspiring English sources
noun
Payment for an office or employment; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.
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.
But for Trump the emoluments issue, so far, remains nothing but a small nuisance.
His global business empire creates ideal conditions for ongoing violations of the emoluments clause.
Yet the emoluments lawsuits continue to work their way through the courts.
"This is not intended to protect individuals from competition," he said, referring to the emoluments clauses.
Although federal ethics laws do not directly apply to the presidency, Trump risks a constitutional violation under the emoluments clause.
If Trump deliberately declines to cure his continuing violation of the emoluments clause upon entering office, Congress has both power and responsibility to enforce the constitution.
So Blumenthal joined forces with the Constitutional Accountability Center and became the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against the President, last week, for violating the emoluments clause.
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.
