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Can Obama accept the Nobel Prize without congressional consent?

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:46:36 GMT

As a somewhat tangential question: I recall that Pres. Bush was presented with a mounted pistol that had belonged to Saddam Hussein — presented by some of the US generals after the fall of Baghdad. This struck me at the time as rather unseemly.
Source: The Volokh Conspiracy

Walter E. Williams: Obama's Nobel Peace Prize

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:43:40 GMT

According to Alfred Nobel's will, the Peace Prize should be awarded to the person who: "during the preceding year, shall have done … the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for...
Source: Town Hall

A final word on the Obama Nobel

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:41:23 GMT

Now that the ruckus has subsided over the Nobel Prize for Peace to Barack Obama, the time has come to examine an issue largely overlook in recent years.
Source: NewsByUs

John David Powell: A final word on the Obama Nobel

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:50:37 GMT

Now that the ruckus has subsided over the Nobel Prize for Peace to Barack Obama, the time has come to examine an issue largely overlook in recent years.
Source: Town Hall

Ask a Nobel Laureate on YouTube

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:11:14 GMT

STOCKHOLM, October 20 /PRNewswire/ -- YouTube viewers worldwide have the unique opportunity to "Ask a Nobel Laureate" a question on the official Nobel Prize YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/thenobelprize).
Source: RedOrbit

An Unconstitutional Nobel?

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:27:19 GMT

Apart from the question of whether President Obama deserves the Nobel Prize a matter that weve suggested is the purview of the Norwegians the newspapers are starting to crackle with the question of whether the Constitution permits Mr. Obama to accept...
Source: The New York Sun

The Walter Reed Award Lecture: Which Road to the Nobel Prize? (October 14, 2009)

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:51:47 GMT

Quoted in 'W.H.: legal claim on Obama Nobel 'flat out wrong''

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:07:21 GMT

said in The Politico:

This argument is flat out wrong. The Constitution talks about kings and princes and foreign states. Here, Alfred Nobel, a private citizen, set up a private foundation – the Nobel Foundation – that awards the money

But It’s a GENUINE Fake Nobel

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:13:56 GMT

It seems like every year someone feels obligated to remind us that the Economics Nobel isn’t a real Nobel Prize because it’s not one of the categories established by Alfred Nobel’s will.
Source: Julian Sanchez

The Nobel prize as collective resource

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:31:46 GMT

This is even truer than Mr Yglesias notes. The high-performing "public sector" institutions we're talking about here are, after all, not actually government bodies. The Nobel prizes are awarded by the non-profit Nobel Foundation, or Nobel Stiftelsen.
Source: Economist

Photo from Getty Images

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - DECEMBER 10: Princess Madeleine of Sweden attends the Nobel Foundation Prize 2008 Awards Ceremony at the Concert Hall on December 10, 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Photo from Getty Images

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - DECEMBER 10: Princess Madeleine of Sweden attends the Nobel Foundation Prize 2008 Awards Ceremony at the Concert Hall on December 10, 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden.