As a KNIGHT of the Knights Of Malta, an organization resident in an independent city/state within Italy/Rome, Rick Santorum is obviously disqualified from holding a public office within America:



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Article I, Section 9, Clause 8. 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.

And, if the original 13th Amendment were complied with, which strong evidence shows was passed into being an active amendment to the US Constitution) the consequences would be even more severe:

Amendment XIII: If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive, or retain any title of nobility or honour, or shall without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office, or emolument of any kind whatever, from any emperor, king, prince, or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the United States, and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under them, or either of them.

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