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Record Nr.

UNINA9910714321603321

Autore

Hickey Kevin J.

Titolo

The Emoluments Clauses of the U.S. Constitution (IF11086) / / Kevin J. Hickey, Michael A. Foster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : Congressional Research Service, , 2019

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

342.73023

Soggetti

Constitutions - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Litigation during the Trump Administration raised a The purpose of the Ineligibility Clause is to preserve the number of legal issues concerning formerly obscure separation of powers and prevent executive influence on the constitutional provisions that prohibit the acceptance or legislature (and vice versa). The Clause thus prohibits receipt of "emoluments" in certain circumstances. This In federal officers from simultaneously serving as Members of Focus provides an overview of these constitutional Congress. Moreover, a Member of Congress may not hold provisions, highlighting several unsettled legal areas an office if it was established during his tenure or if the concerning their meaning and scope, and reviewing the emoluments of that office were increased during his tenure. litigation against former President Donald Trump based on Officers Subject to the his alleged violations of the Emoluments Clauses.