What does the Emoluments Clause mean?
During the term that a Congressperson was elected to serve in, they cannot be appointed to any other federal office if the office was either created during that time, or its salary has been increased during that time. This prohibition applies even if a Congressperson steps down from their seat in the House or Senate. Why does the Constitution include the Emoluments Clause? Our Founding Fathers felt it was needed in order to preserve the separation of powers between the Executive and Legislative branches, and also to guard against potential corruption and conflicts of interest. You don’t want a system where a Congressperson can vote to help create a new Executive office, or increase its salary, when they know that they will soon be appointed to that same post. If they could, then they would simply create new jobs for themselves when the end of their terms draw near and they fear that they won’t be re-elected. This could potentially tempt them to sell their votes for future favors (telli
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