Emoluments
The Title of Nobility Clause is a provision in Article I , Section 9 , Clause 8 of the United States Constitution; it is commonly referred to as The Emoluments Clause. This portion of the United States Constitution has long been moot since precedence has been for every President, beginning with Lyndon B. Johnson , to use a blind trust in order to guarantee that there would never be any conflict of interest or appearance of such. It states: 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. It is really very clear, and yet, many of my fellow Americans, the GOP led Congress, conservative media, and especially Donald J. Trump seem unable to grasp what this plainly written text means. I am a Progressive Democrat. I’ll just admit to that up-front, so the...