The Volokh Conspiracy - The Resultative Perfect

makes its appearance in this linguists' amicus memorandum filed in Rodearmel v. Clinton, the Ineligibility Clause (a k a Emoluments Clause) case.

The question, as you may recall, is this: Does "the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time" refer to a salary having been increased on balance during a time ("the Time for which [Senator Clinton] was elected")? Does it refer to the salary having been increased at least once even if it was later decreased? Or is the phrase ambiguous, as the linguists suggest?

	[Eugene Volokh, June 29, 2009 at 3:36pm] Trackbacks The Resultative Perfect makes its appearance in this linguists' amicus memorandum filed in Rodearmel v. Clinton, the Ineligibility Clause (a k a Emoluments Clause) case. The question, as you may recall, is this: Does "the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time" refer to a salary having been increased on balance during a time ("the Time for which [Senator Clinton] was elected")? Does it refer to the salary having been increased at least once even if it was later decreased? Or is the phrase ambiguous, as the linguists suggest? Related Posts (on one page): The Resultative Perfect New Justice Department Opinion on the Ineligibility Clause (Sometimes Also Called the Emoluments Clause): Judicial Watch Sues Over Hillary Clinton and the Emoluments Clause: The Saxbe Fix Is In, Why Isn't Vice-President-Elect Biden Affected by the Emoluments Clause? More on Hillary Clinton and the Emoluments Clause: Hillary Clinton and the Emoluments Clause: