Chapter 2

Constitutional Technicalities … Meet Political Reality

Introduction | Global Perspective | Popular Perspective | Interactive Exercise

Historical Perspective:  Though members of Congress today refer to this process as the “Saxbe Fix”, Saxbe was not the first to require adjustments to the Emoluments clause. Review the following links for more information about Saxbe, Clinton, and the history of this controversial procedure.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2008/11/hillary-clintons-fix.html

http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2008/12/Constitutional-Ineligibility-What-Does-the-Emoluments-Clause-Mean

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9903E2D91031E733A25753C1A9649C946897D6CF

http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00714FA3F5D127A93C0A9178AD95F478785F9