What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[HisMajestyBOB]

It seems like the GOP strategy for winning the election is going to be to disregard late counted votes?

[crazy canuck]

The USSC is unlikely to go that far - I hope

[Tonitrus]

I think you are asking a bit too much from conservative Supreme Court Justices to read the Constitution.

With all the generals that have received knighthoods, and the occasional other person (I recall some US service member being honored after stopping a knife attack on a French train), I presumed there is some US law that is pretty much amount to a necessary blanket Congressional approval for monetarily worthless honorifics.

[crazy canuck]

I think you are asking a bit too much from conservative Supreme Court Justices to read the Constitution.

With all the generals that have received knighthoods, and the occasional other person (I recall some US service member being honored after stopping a knife attack on a French train), I presumed there is some US law that is pretty much amount to a necessary blanket Congressional approval for monetarily worthless honorifics.

It is more of an issue of whether their loyalty is now divided in some way.  The examples you gave would not put loyalty in question.  For example, the generals in question were given the awards because of the way they discharged their office and obligations to their own nation.

Likewise the people honoured for stopping a knife attack would put their loyalty to the USA in question.

We have the same prohibition here - although not in our written constitution.  It is more of a constitutional norm that your nation codified.

[The Minsky Moment]

Seems a good reason to impeach Alito

It's small potatoes compared to the bribery.

[grumbler]

It's awarded by a literal Prince of a European Royal House.

The literal language of the provision is disjunctive: "king, prince, or foreign state"

In addition the control of the order and its succession was established by Papal Bull, thus implicating the Vatican, which is a sovereign foreign state.

If anything, I'd almost expect that there'd be backlash about this being a Papist honor, but then again you have a Catholic VP these days

And the US had a Catholic president until 15 months ago.

[DGuller]

It's awarded by a literal Prince of a European Royal House.

The literal language of the provision is disjunctive: "king, prince, or foreign state"

In addition the control of the order and its succession was established by Papal Bull, thus implicating the Vatican, which is a sovereign foreign state.

If anything, I'd almost expect that there'd be backlash about this being a Papist honor, but then again you have a Catholic VP these days

And the US had a Catholic president until 15 months ago.

WTF, we're not even a third of the way through? 

[HVC]

It's awarded by a literal Prince of a European Royal House.

The literal language of the provision is disjunctive: "king, prince, or foreign state"

In addition the control of the order and its succession was established by Papal Bull, thus implicating the Vatican, which is a sovereign foreign state.

If anything, I'd almost expect that there'd be backlash about this being a Papist honor, but then again you have a Catholic VP these days

And the US had a Catholic president until 15 months ago.

WTF, we're not even a third of the way through? 

Replace day with 15 months.

[Valmy]

It's awarded by a literal Prince of a European Royal House.

The literal language of the provision is disjunctive: "king, prince, or foreign state"

In addition the control of the order and its succession was established by Papal Bull, thus implicating the Vatican, which is a sovereign foreign state.

If anything, I'd almost expect that there'd be backlash about this being a Papist honor, but then again you have a Catholic VP these days

And the US had a Catholic president until 15 months ago.

WTF, we're not even a third of the way through? 

1,032 days to go...not that I am counting.

[HVC]

Wait until his third term. The founding fathers never wanted the 22nd Amendment