Posted on 09/16/2016 10:07:20 AM PDT by re_tail20
That tracks with me. Even goes back to Biblical times. Thank you for your help. I am actually struggling through internet searches to understand more this afternoon. If I end up on a dead end, I have 2 things left I'm searching, I may hit you up for more help
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.. . . but its OK that Hillary was a principal of the Clinton Foundation, and it accepted big bucks from Saudi Arabia - and other states - while she was Secretary of State. Without so much as a by your leave to the House of Representatives. Not even once, not even when both houses of the Congress and WH were Democrat controlled.
I appreciate your effort. I am always on the lookout for easier ways to explain our founding documents. The Progressive political movement attempts to discredit America's founding documents by discrediting American founders.
Spreading the truth about America's founding documents is the best way to preserve them.
Speaking of proofing, I recall the objection John Adams had with Jeffersons choice of the word inalienable.
Adams asked Jefferson to amend it to unalienable.
When Jefferson refused, Adams said he would take it up with the printer and we see how it turned out.
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