Comments on: OMG: Meet Richard Armitage, Knight Commander http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1294 BTC News: News, politics, opinion and satire Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:52:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Weldon Berger http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1294/comment-page-1#comment-22255 Weldon Berger Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:29:59 +0000 http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/?p=1294#comment-22255 He resigned in 2004 and the knighthood was bestowed sometime last year, so I guess he's off the hook. He resigned in 2004 and the knighthood was bestowed sometime last year, so I guess he’s off the hook.

]]> By: Joe http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1294/comment-page-1#comment-22254 Joe Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:13:13 +0000 http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/?p=1294#comment-22254 but if he was no longer working for the U.S. in such a position, things would be different. but if he was no longer working for the U.S. in such a position, things would be different.

]]> By: Joe http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1294/comment-page-1#comment-22253 Joe Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:10:27 +0000 http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/?p=1294#comment-22253 per Art. I, sec. 9 ... "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." "any kind whatever" seems clear per Art. I, sec. 9 …

“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.”

“any kind whatever” seems clear

]]> By: Weldon Berger http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1294/comment-page-1#comment-22243 Weldon Berger Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:43:05 +0000 http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/?p=1294#comment-22243 I don't know. I think these are honorary titles: they don't get to call themselves Sir Richard or Sir Colin, although that might not be the case with Prince George. Maybe that makes a difference. I don’t know. I think these are honorary titles: they don’t get to call themselves Sir Richard or Sir Colin, although that might not be the case with Prince George. Maybe that makes a difference.

]]> By: Thrasymachus http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1294/comment-page-1#comment-22239 Thrasymachus Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:34:28 +0000 http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/?p=1294#comment-22239 Constitutional Law was a long time ago for me, but isn't it explicitly unconstutional for Americans (let alone high American officials and military officers) to accept titles or patents of nobility from foreign crowns? Constitutional Law was a long time ago for me, but isn’t it explicitly unconstutional for Americans (let alone high American officials and military officers) to accept titles or patents of nobility from foreign crowns?

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