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To: conservatism_IS_compassion

What title of nobility did she receive? That is what that clause is about. It’s not about getting bags of cash. Even the founders knew they were not going to stop that.


23 posted on 08/23/2016 5:03:50 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt
What title of nobility did she receive? That is what that clause is about.
The “title” she received was that of benefactress. Her name is attached to any good works the foundation might putatively do.
no person holding any office of profit or trust under [the US], 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
It doesn’t say “title of nobility” exclusively, it says “title, of any kind whatever. It is a mandate for strict separation of US government from any foreign government. When you say, "of any kind whatever,” you are saying that you know people will try to fandangle, and that if they try to do it they are presumptively guilty of accepting bribery.
It’s not about getting bags of cash. Even the founders knew they were not going to stop that.
”Present or emolument” directly addresses getting bags of cash. Just because they could not even foresee the name “Hillary Clinton” - let alone pass a bill of attainder against her - does not mean that they did not pass a law against what she has done. They did. The intent could scarcely be clearer.

39 posted on 08/24/2016 7:24:15 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism' is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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