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2016 Postmortem

msongs

(70,416 posts) Mon Dec 12, 2016, 04:10 PM Dec 2016

constitutional grounds to impeach trump? definition of "emolument" is... [View all]

from the "Free Dicitonary" - note especially the final sentence which I have put in caps:

The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; that which is received as a compensation for services, or which is annexed to the possession of office as salary, fees, and perquisites. ANY PERQUISITE, ADVANTAGE, PROFIT, or GAIN ARISING FROM THE POSSESSION OF AN OFFICE.

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constitutional grounds to impeach trump? definition of "emolument" is... [View all] msongs Dec 2016 OP

it certainly seems to me billymike Dec 2016 #1

Emoluments clause only applies where the gifts, etc. come from a "king, prince, or foreign state" onenote Dec 2016 #9

Someone needs to make a political cartoon of Ryan, McConnell, and Gingrich doing those Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #2

K&R mcar Dec 2016 #3

The constitutional lawyers are preparing lawsuits as we speak.. pbmus Dec 2016 #4

O I do hope this is true! billymike Dec 2016 #6

Doubtful. onenote Dec 2016 #10

I think it's an easy case to make portlander23 Dec 2016 #5

If there are enough moderates and anti-Trump conservatives to join the Democrats meow2u3 Dec 2016 #7

I hope you're right portlander23 Dec 2016 #8

we may end up with the evil pence but at least he is predictable and rationale in his own awful way msongs Dec 2016 #11