Re: denial of service and government rights
At 04:02 PM 12/6/96 -0700, John Kozubik wrote:
you were speaking of human rights, and the issue of Bush being Knighted ... just out of curiousity, why is it against the constitution for Bush to be Knighted??
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Article 1 Section 9 of the Constitution of the United States: No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
Duncan Frissell wrote:
At 04:02 PM 12/6/96 -0700, John Kozubik wrote:
you were speaking of human rights, and the issue of Bush being Knighted ... just out of curiousity, why is it against the constitution for Bush to be Knighted??
Article 1 Section 9 of the Constitution of the United States: No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
Re: The consent of Congress clause. Someone claimed already that Congress *did* approve of it, for Bush and Schwartzkopf. Does anyone have factual info on this? An article perhaps?
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