Government,
Constitutional Law
Jan. 28, 2017
There's more to this than the emoluments clause
It is not just his own assets. It is appointing major public officials — who properly represent all of us — "the People" — and make decisions for us.
Robert C. Fellmeth
Price Professor of Public Interest Law
University of San Diego School of Law
The media is questioning the conflicts of interest of our new president. He has responded with a press conference and a much criticized plan to devolve control to his two sons (among some other measures), noting that conflict of interest statutory provisions do not apply to the president.
There is some truth to his claim, although the Constitution's emoluments clause does apply and would appear to be a problem given the international scope of his assets. Where foreign nations use the...
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