- Jurisdiction
- US Federal Law
I have read that US law (much like, reportedly, British law before it) makes a distinction between a federal office such as the presidency and a legislative seat such as ones in Congress. That is to say, legislative seats are NOT regarded as offices.
For example, that distinction can be seen in the second part pf the Electors Clause in section 1 of article 2 of the Constitution ("no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector") where the position of "Senator or Representative" is being implicitly distinguished from "an Office of Trust or Profit".
However, I have been unable to find any federal court cases where this distinction has been made. Or at least the search engines I have tried tend to bring up a horde of unrelated items.
Does anyone know of which court cases, especially US Supreme Court ones, have dealt with, or at least touched on, this issue?
Thanks in advance.
For example, that distinction can be seen in the second part pf the Electors Clause in section 1 of article 2 of the Constitution ("no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector") where the position of "Senator or Representative" is being implicitly distinguished from "an Office of Trust or Profit".
However, I have been unable to find any federal court cases where this distinction has been made. Or at least the search engines I have tried tend to bring up a horde of unrelated items.
Does anyone know of which court cases, especially US Supreme Court ones, have dealt with, or at least touched on, this issue?
Thanks in advance.