“Off the market?” I hope their marriage is a success, but does this mean Candace can no longer be considered as a presidential candidate for 2024? The Constitution says that no titles of nobility are permitted.
Which means that she does not really have a title by the rules we have normally followed up until now.
Honorable is a courtesy title given to the younger sons of a peer, it is not an actual title.
Funny... we were just chatting here yesterday about future presidential candidates and I suggested that I would dearly love to see her as the first female POTUS....
No, because she doesn’t hold a peerage. Her husband might inherit a peerage, but her titles are just for courtesy due to her marriage.
Also inheriting a title is different from being granted one.
The relevant part of the U.S. 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 present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.Ok, let's break it down.
No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United StatesOK, that's a prohibition on the USA government, so that doesn't apply here.
And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them,So, that means no one employed by the U.S government:
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.So, it doesn't exactly say that if you have a pre-existing title of nobility you can't be POTUS. The qualifications for POTUS are in a different part of the Constitution (the famous "natural born citizen").
I imagine that quite a few people with pre-existing titles of nobility (from somewhere else) have served in the US Government in various positions.
I believe the purpose of the clause is to prevent bribery.