Note that the text would strip US citizenship from anyone claiming a title of nobility
(Ironically, by the mid-19th century momentum dried up for the amendment because, as Justice Story argued, it had proven to be unnecessary)
(Ironically, by the mid-19th century momentum dried up for the amendment because, as Justice Story argued, it had proven to be unnecessary)
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Fun fact: Congress proposed a constitutional amendment in 1810 that would ban anyone “claim[ing]” a title of nobility from holding public office, and this proposed amendment is still pending for the states to ratify
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Every so often, a sovereign citizen type will assert the “esquire” thing