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[Farmgirl1961]

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[saltpoint]

1. Wonder how ol' Ted Cruz will vote on this one. eom

[eppur_se_muova]

2. That's not the whole clause ...

Article I, Section 9, Clause 8:

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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_of_Nobility_Clause

There is debate over whether this can prevent tRump from being sworn in, as he can't violate the clause until he's President.

[Goblinmonger]

6. Tribe indicates that would be a reason for impeachment

I tend to agree that he isn't violating it until he makes money from a foreign holding. Which would theoretically be immediately.

[MineralMan]

3. Yabbut, that's not an accurate quote from the Constitution.

Here's the actual quote:

"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."

See, the thing is, "accept office" is not accurate, and leaves off the rest of the text.

This is a bogus story, and really doesn't apply. This is the emoluments clause, which does apply.

If someone's going to quote the Consitution, he or she needs to quote the entire passage, not edit it selectively. What the actual passage says is very different from the edited sentence in the article.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Blasting News got hammered at DU a few days ago as clickbait.

Have you looked at Ben Cardin's website or Twitter feed for confirmation?

[MineralMan]

5. I'm pretty sure that's not really a valid news source.

See if you can find the story in some place that we can recognize. Here's a clue. The only source for this story in Google News is that website. I'm pretty much positive it is Fake News.

See, a Senator wouldn't manipulate the content of the Constitution with a bill being introduced. The quote in the article does not even come close to representing the intent of the actual clause it pretends to quote.

Probably, this would be a good OP to self-delete. It's simply not true.