The Constitution’s Forgotten Ethics Rule: What Is an Emolument?
ANN ARBOR - As Americans celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, many are revisiting the ideas that shaped the nation's founding. One of the least familiar is a constitutional safeguard known as the Emoluments Clauses. The word "emolument" is rarely used in modern English. In the late 18th century, however, it generally
