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[MineralMan]

3. Yabbut, that's not an accurate quote from the Constitution.

Here's the actual quote:

"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."

See, the thing is, "accept office" is not accurate, and leaves off the rest of the text.

This is a bogus story, and really doesn't apply. This is the emoluments clause, which does apply.

If someone's going to quote the Consitution, he or she needs to quote the entire passage, not edit it selectively. What the actual passage says is very different from the edited sentence in the article.