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  • The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.

    Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

  • No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, 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.

    LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

  • No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, 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.

    LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

  • The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.

    Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

  • The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.

    LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

  • The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.

    LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

  • The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.

    Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

  • "No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, 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."

    Flashback: Rudy Attacked Ron Paul For Blaming America For 9/11 2009

  • I concluded that the Emolument Clause is just over the heads of most people, and that means there is no political payoff in this for you,for me, or more importantly,for the Supremes.

    What Hillary Clinton said about Bill that got a big laugh: "I am so grateful to him for a lifetime of, uh...all kinds of experiences." Ann Althouse 2009

  • Is winning a Prize absent the money a “present, Emolument, office or title”?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Would an Act of Congress Be Required to Allow President Obama To Accept the Nobel Peace Prize? 2009

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