Incompatibility Clause Law and Legal Definition
Article I, section 6, paragraph 2, clause 2 of the U.S Constitution is popularly known as the incompatibility clause. It prohibits a person from simultaneously holding offices in both the executive and legislative branches of the federal government. It says “No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time: and no person holding any office under the United States, shall be a member of either House during his continuance in office.” This clause prevents the members of the executive or judicial branches of the federal government from simultaneously serving in the legislative branch.
