From: The Deviant <deviant@pooh-corner.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 12:38:10 -0800 (PST)
To: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
Subject: Re: denial of service and government rights
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On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, Dale Thorn wrote:

> > Careful.  The knighthoods in question (Knight's Cross of the Victorian
> > Order if I recall) do not infringe on foreign decorations restrictions
> > when they are granted in an honorary context, as both were - again if my
> > recall is correct.
> > Several American citizens have been inducted into foreign orders of merit
> > and some have been inducted into badge and even sash orders.
> > One noteable was even inducted into the Order of the Bath (extra points
> > for the name of said citizen).
> 
> According to the Constitution, "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
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> present, emolument, office or title, of any kind whatsoever, from any
> king, prince, or foreign state."
> 
> I would point out that the "any kind whatsoever" clause is clear enough,
> and as to whether Congress approved Bush et al for these honors, well,
> you tell me.

Yes, as a matter of fact, they did.

 --Deviant
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