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Originally Posted by feniin
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Article I, Section 9, Clause 8
The language of the Emoluments Clause is both sweeping and unqualified. See 49 Comp. Gen. 819, 821 (1970) (the "drafters [of the Clause] intended the prohibition to have the broadest possible scope and applicability"). It prohibits those holding offices of profit or trust under the United States from accepting "any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever" from "any . . . foreign State
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Right.
Perhaps you can explain to all of us what happened to Quid Pro Quo, bribery and all the other false accusations first.
I'm sure Harvard will loan your expertise out to us unlearned peons for a few hours.
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