Posted on 09/16/2009 6:53:01 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter
Article I, Section 9, Clause 8
"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 concent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreigh state."
Is this a stretch in reading of the Constitution?
Czar is Russian word for emperor. Emperor outranks king.
No it is not a stretch. Imagine if this was W with all the czars—the lefties would have let him have it. So we need to let hm have it. Do as they would have done.
Actually it comes from the Latin title “Caesar”.
So does “Kaiser”, by the way.
You’re absolutely right. But it means emperor. Historically, the Kaiser had more than one kingdom, each ruled by a king.
Of course not. It’s Obama building his Shadow Government.
Did he (like Bush) make the comment after his election about “he won” ... so shut up already. Or something like that.
“without consent of congress” is what makes this clearly applicable.
It is a shadow government of people with no accountability, no vetting, no background check, and no verification that they have no conflict of interest.
For all we know, every of these “Czars” could be representing any number of foreign nations, entities, or whatever!
WE DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING FOR THEIR SALARY FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!
How many does he have now??? Suspect he want to get to 50, one for every state.
Czar- the Democrat word for Commissar.
This doesn't violate the Constitution because the person granting the titles is not a foreign ruler. And the title "czar" might be considered a title of ignobility rather than one of nobility.
“No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States”
That seems to cover the grantor other than foreign states or nobility. It seems to say, "No title of nobility may be granted by the United STATes. Perhaps the claim that the term CZAR is not being applied as nobility, however if we applied the term 'Prince', or 'Princess' or 'Emporor' it seems to take on a meaning of the word and is not just a euphemism.
If we look at the First and Second Amendment originalists seem to want to believe the words written. The mechanism to change the constitution used to be the adoption of a constitutional amendment, a constitutional convention, and now, the most popular, by judicial decree. Now, Presidential decree seems to be being applied.
It dates to the 80's and President Reagan's Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy who was called the “drug czar” by the press.
Latin, etc.
I have AGAIN begun watching the HBO DVD Series “Rome” - first and second seasons. Disturbing parallels in the history of both “Republics.”
Should be: “’BOTH of our ‘Republics.’”
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