“During the Constitutional Convention... [d]ictionaries from the era... show that emolument had a broad meaning, including profit, gain, benefit, and advantage. John Mikhail... found that "the majority of Blackstone's usages of 'emolumnent' involve benefits other than government salaries and or perquisites," including profits from business and rents from land.”

American investigative journalist and author

David Cay Boyle Johnston is an American investigative journalist and author, known for his reporting on economics and tax issues. He won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting. His work centers on the details of how money and tax policy shape public life, and he has built a reputation for careful reporting in those fields. Johnston is also an author, extending that focus beyond journalism into books and longer-form commentary.