The 2018 Seegers Lecture: Emoluments In Addition To President Trump

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The topic of my 2018 Seegers Lecture at Valparaiso University Law School was the master pregnant of “emolument” too its implications for President Trump. In this expanded version of those remarks, I start out past times discussing the Constitution’s Emoluments Clauses too describing the iii emoluments lawsuits against the president currently making their manner through the federal courts. I too therefore highlight ane of the primary points of tilt inwards these lawsuits, which is the constitutional pregnant of the term “emolument.” Next, I depict roughly of the efforts my colleagues too I convey made to investigate the historical pregnant of this term too explicate how our query may touching these cases. Finally, I hash out the landmark determination past times a federal district courtroom inwards July 2018, which held that “emolument” is a wide term referring to “any ‘profit,’ ‘gain,’ or ‘advantage,’” including profits from ordinary marketplace transactions. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 bit federal estimate late denied the president’s motion to laissez passer on notice on similar grounds, setting the phase for what seems probable to move a pivotal upshot on appeal or inwards whatever impeachment proceedings against the president. For convenience, this seek out too gathers inwards ane house every purpose of "emolument" inwards The Federalist too Blackstone's Commentaries too every Definition of "emolument" inwards English linguistic communication language too legal dictionaries from 1523-1806.