Dec 03 2008
Judicial Watch Announces Hillary Constitutionally Ineligible to Serve as Secretary of State
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Press Office 202-646-5188Washington, DC — December 2, 2008
Ineligibility Clause of Constitution Prohibits Clinton AppointmentJudicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is constitutionally ineligible to serve as Secretary of State in the Obama administration.
According to the Ineligibility Clause of the United States Constitution, no member of Congress can be appointed to an office that has benefited from a salary increase during the time that Senator or Representative served in Congress. A January 2008 Executive Order signed by President Bush during Hillary Clinton’s current Senate term increased the salary for Secretary of State, thereby rendering Senator Clinton ineligible for the position.
Specifically, Article I, section 6 of the U.S. Constitution provides “No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time.” The provision is seen by most as designed by our Founding Fathers to protect against corruption.
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So, now it’s corruption to receive a salary hike? You’ve go to be kidding. My comment? CRAP!
Apparently “jodapoet” did not read the Article to the Constitution or thinks the that the Constitution is “crap.”
I saw this discussion on television and was not a little surprised that the subject was being ignored.
Is that because of Mrs. Clinton’s power in the Senate and other venues?
Hey, it is what it is–the law.
damn… fair enough.
Well I wasn’t expecting that!
Louise
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I have mixed feelings. I think it says something that Obama didn’t foresee this as a potential problem.
On the other hand, I think that this was obviously intended to prevent people who were in Congress when CONGRESS gave those positions a raise from benefiting.
This really comes down to a letter or spirit of the law question, and there’s really only one body that can make that call. I wonder if it will go there.
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