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This is the emoluments clause: No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under th
by davidw 1y ago
This is the emoluments clause:
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.[5]
And the reason they put that there is the obvious one: this is as corrupt as corrupt gets.