United States Senator #Ben Cardin, (D, Maryland), has promised to introduce a resolution to block President-elect #Donald Trump, who recently softenedhis position on gay marriage, from being administered the oath of office and taking office on January 20, 2017, the day that Trump’s term is supposed to begin. Cardin is basing his resolution on the clause in the United States Constitution that prohibits presidents who still have vested corporate and foreign interests from taking office. The Constitutional clause reads as follows: “No person holding any office of profit or trust shall, without the consent of the congress, accept office.” Trump has failed to divest himself of his corporate and foreign interests and has made arrangements for his adult children and son-in-law to run his domestic and foreign companies during his presidency.
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