Rudy Giu­liani Con­sti­tu­tion­ally Inel­i­gi­ble To Be Pres­i­dent — CriticalReactor

The Con­sti­tu­tion states:

“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.” – Arti­cle 1, Sec­tion 9

Rudy Giu­liani is run­ning for the high­est office in the land and he has been knighted by the Queen of Eng­land. This knight­hood, called “Knight Com­man­der of the British Empire”, was bestowed on Rudy Giu­liani on Feb­ru­ary 13, 2002.

I had read about this clause before but was unaware that Giu­liani actu­ally had such a title. Like the author of the linked arti­cle writes — Giu­liani must drop out of the race or repu­di­ate his title from England.

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