U.S. Constitution

Article I
Section 9, Clause 8

U.S. Constitution- Legislative Department

Article I. The Congress

Section 9. Powers Denied to Congress

Clause 1. Importation of Such Persons and the States Think It Proper To Admit
Clause 2. Writ of Habeas Corpus
Clause 3. Bills of Attainder and Ex Post Facto Laws
Clause 4. Capitation or Direct Taxes
Clause 5. Duties on Exports from States
Clause 6. Preference of Ports
Clause 7. Appropriations and Accounting of Public Money
Clause 8. Titles of Nobility

Clause 8. Titles of Nobility; Presents

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.

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