Tue Jan 29, 2019, 03:51 PM

Emoluments: what does the word mean?

I am a word junkie, and I make my living in an obscure part of technical communications, so it fits. Anyhow, I came across this article in the WaPo about DFT and his lawyers trying to redefine the word "emoluments". There is some fascinating history, and many of the links are also worthy of exploration. The amicus brief is exceptional, BTW.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/29/big-trump-case-hinges-definition-emoluments-new-study-has-bad-news-him/

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Emoluments: what does the word mean? (Original post)	RainCaster	Jan 2019	OP
It's anything that softens the skin	jberryhill	Jan 2019	#1
LOL!	elleng	Jan 2019	#3
It's loaded with moisturizers and emoluments	jberryhill	Jan 2019	#5
opening statement in amicus	Hermit-The-Prog	Jan 2019	#2
It sounds to me like emoluments is a synonym for benefits	Xipe Totec	Jan 2019	#4

Response to RainCaster (Original post)

Tue Jan 29, 2019, 04:00 PM

jberryhill (62,444 posts)

1. It's anything that softens the skin

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 04:11 PM

elleng (103,594 posts)

3. LOL!

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 05:47 PM

jberryhill (62,444 posts)

5. It's loaded with moisturizers and emoluments

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 04:06 PM

Hermit-The-Prog (18,370 posts)

2. opening statement in amicus

People should take note of the first statement of the amicus brief:

When interpreting the Constitution’s text, courts "are guided by the principle that ‘[t]he Constitution was written to be understood by the voters; its words and phrases were used in their normal and ordinary as distinguished from technical meaning’.” District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 576 (2008) (quoting United States v. Sprague, 282 U.S. 716, 731 (1931)).

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 04:38 PM

Xipe Totec (42,892 posts)

4. It sounds to me like emoluments is a synonym for benefits

If so, the orange disaster is screwed.

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