nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20170130-164532 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 170130s2017||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20170130-164532 doi eng 342 23 Mathews, Jud Author aut President Trump and the Foreign Emoluments Clause Mathews, Jud Verfassungsblog 2017-01-30 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The election of Donald Trump to the American presidency has, among other things, brought newfound attention to one of the sleepier provisions of the U.S. Constitution. The foreign emoluments clause provides that “no person holding any office of profit or trust under [the United States], shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.” Within 72 hours of his inauguration, the nonprofit government ethics group CREW has filed a constitutional complaint against President Trump in federal court. The President shot back the same day, calling the suit meritless. Does CREW have a case? funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Donald Trump Emolument Clause Standing Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/president-trump-and-the-foreign-emoluments-clause/ raw object