On the recordMarch 19, 2017
The emoluments clause... prohibits Members of the Government of this country from taking emoluments, gifts from foreign agents.
Said by
Neil Gorsuch
Source
congress.govThe emoluments clause... prohibits Members of the Government of this country from taking emoluments, gifts from foreign agents.
Gorsuch explains the purpose of the emoluments clause.
Share
More from Neil Gorsuch
We do not question that sometimes an individual's unlawful use of marijuana (or any other controlled substance) may render him a danger to others.
We readily acknowledge that different lower courts have taken different views of the discretionary function exception.
The government that kind of 'broad power to designate any group as dangerous and thereby disqualify its members from having a gun,' would risk allowing it to 'quickly swallow' the Second Amendment.
Today, independent agencies do not just exercise executive law-enforcement powers.