Hillary to head State: Is it constitutional? (news)

by AC , Monday, December 01, 2008, 02:59 @ AC

Do we really want another "degenerate" (my opinion) Clinton in our daily news again? Didn't Obama PROMISE not to include Washington Insiders. What a LIER!

Hillary to head State: Is it constitutional?
Founding Fathers included clause that prevents Clinton appointment

Posted: November 30, 2008
6:03 pm Eastern

By Drew Zahn
© 2008 WorldNetDaily

Barack Obama, it has been reported, intends to announce Sen. Hillary Clinton as his choice for secretary of state, an appointment America's Founding Fathers forbade in the U.S. Constitution.

The constitutional quandary arises from a clause that forbids members of the Senate from being appointed to civil office, such as the secretary of state, if the "emoluments," or salary and benefits, of the office were increased during the senator's term.

The second clause of Article 1, Section 6, of the Constitution reads, "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 increased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office."

During Hillary Clinton's current term in the Senate, the salary for Cabinet officers was increased from $186,600 to $191,300. Since the salary is scheduled to again be raised in January 2009, not only Hillary Clinton, but all sitting Senate members could be considered constitutionally ineligible to serve in Obama's Cabinet.

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