Just saw this via the Idaho Falls Tea Party Patriots:
In a letter to Obama delivered on Monday, Brown-Waite, R-Fla., along with Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, claim the president is obligated under the Constitution to obtain Congress' approval before he formally accepts the prize.
Article I, Section 9, of the Constitution, the emolument clause, 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."
I think Congress should give him permission to accept the Nobel. It's a meaningless award anyway, so in and of itself, it matters little.
But I want The Obama to ask for permission to accept it. I want him to acknowledge the authority of our Constitution. He is not a king; Obama serves at our pleasure.
And if he refuses?
Clearly, he would prove to be not fit to serve as our President and therefore he must be removed from office.

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