Is Hillary Ineligible For Cabinet?

BAMAPHIN 22 · 12-03-2008, 02:21 PM

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A conservative watchdog group called Judicial Watch is arguing that thanks to a Constitutional clause known as the “Emoluments Clause,” Hillary Clinton cannot legally become secretary of state until her Senate term expires in 2013.

Article I, Section 6, of the Constitution says this: “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.”

The word "Emoluments" is a reference to salary or compensation.

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/12...y4645731.shtml

Eshlemon · 12-04-2008, 05:04 AM

This is big time political partisan reach...the Congress will just readust the salary as they've done in past administrations such as when this happened under Bush and Clinton.

12-04-2008, 05:04 AM	#2
Eshlemon FinHeaven VIP Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Greensboro, NC Age: 39 Posts: 3,550 Thanks: 63 Thanked 148 Times in 118 Posts FH Badges Total Awards: 1	This is big time political partisan reach...the Congress will just readust the salary as they've done in past administrations such as when this happened under Bush and Clinton. __________________ I just need to hear truth spoken aloud, need to be able to testify to future generations that it was stated in black and white somewhere in the midst of the maelstrom of mendacity, of lies and damned lies, that now dominates the political debate. -Leonard Pitts Jr.

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