The obscure constitutional provision that could be trouble for Trump

By: LA Times

President-elect Donald Trump is set to take an oath next month to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

But a previously obscure provision in the the nation’s founding document has now become the focus of special attention because of Trump’s worldwide real estate holdings and business ventures.

Known as the “emoluments clause,” the provision says “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.”