President Trump and the Foreign Emoluments Clause Mathews, Jud Author aut Text xx# 2017 Verfassungsblog 2017-01-30 eng
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 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? CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Mathews, Jud funded by the government Donald Trump Emolument Clause Standing 342 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/president-trump-and-the-foreign-emoluments-clause/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20170130-164532 170130 10.17176/20170130-164532 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)