Posted on 12/01/2008 9:56:48 PM PST by onemom
U.S. Constitution - Article 1 Section 6
Article 1 - The Legislative Branch Section 6 - Compensation paragraph two states:
"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."
I didn’t know the office of SoS was created during such time that Hillary was a senator.
The pay of SOS is higher than that of a senator.
She needs the money to pay for upkeep on all those burial plots for the departed enemies.
She resigns from Senate. She gets appointed SOS. What's the problem. It was only an announcement that she would be. Obama can appoint no one today - only technically indicate his intentions to do so once he is sworn in.
It’s the OR part. The salary of the SoS went up while Hillary was a senator; therefore she cannot be considered for SoS. It was to prevent people from seeking higher office that they, in a lower office, gave a pay raise to.
No. The salary increased while she was/is a sitting senator.
The SoS office received a pay raise during her term in the Senate. That’s what at issue. The intent of the Article was to avoid a politician creating an office for himself, or voting on a raise for one that he then moves into.
But not to worry - the Constitution is being re-written by the hour as Obama approaches the office. A year from now it will have as much standing as the one Hugo Chavez ignores.
In 2000 Bush and Cheney both were residents of Texas when they formed the Bush-Cheney Ticket which would have been a violation of Art. I Sec II of the Constitution upon their election.
However, that was fixed by Cheney switching his voting registration to Wyoming.
Obama and Clinton will also find a way to fix this problem.
I dunno, it doesn't seem like this kind of thing is very newsworthy. Didn't this election just change the definition to what our country is and how it's run to "However we FEEL like it right now"?
It makes me wonder if the One could be making some appointments with the intention of firing them at a later date......here , he pries Hillery out of her senate seat, then dumps her out in the alley behind the white house six months downrange.....LOL !
She hasn’t been “appointed” .. only nominated. Once her nomination is confirmed - she can resign her senate seat the same day.
This is making a mountain out of a mole hill.
You think this ‘issue’ is going anywhere when the issue of Comrade 0bama’s birth certificate isn’t?
You’re funny, Mom.
"during the Time for which he was elected,"
Resignation does not alter the time period for which Clinton was elected.
Maybe they will argue that it is not applicable because it only applies to a "he" and not to a "she".
The issue seems to be if pay for Secretary of State was increased during Clinton’s term as senator- which can be easily remedied by reducing the pay to what it was before.
Ping.
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