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thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 12/3/2008

Is Clinton Ineligible to Join the Cabinet?

— thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com — Senate Democrats scrambled Tuesday night to put together legislation making it possible for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton... to become secretary of state despite a constitutional clause that some critics argue should bar her from joining the cabinet. (more) Is Clinton Ineligible to Join the Cabinet?

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spectator.org - 12/4/2008

Don't Confirm Her!

— spectator.org — The idea of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State ought to make conservatives tremble with foreboding. It... is truly bizarre to see so many on the right unquestioningly accepting a notion that just a year ago would have been laughable, namely that ... (more) Don't Confirm Her!

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Hillary Rodham Clinton

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westernfrontamerica.com - 12/5/2008

Is Hillary Constitutionally Qualified?

— westernfrontamerica.com — We often refer to the US Constitution as an inconvenient document. And it is… if you want... to make an end run around the US system of laws. It can be VERY inconvenient for those who are used to sailing close to the wind, so to speak, or those who live their lives in the gray zone of legality. (more) Is Hillary Constitutionally Qualified?

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Is Clinton Ineligible to Join the Cabinet?
The Caucus — ... making it possible for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to become secretary of state despite a constitutional clause that some critics argue should bar her from joining the cabinet. The issue may seem esoteric but it generated attention Tuesday among legal scholars and bloggers arguing over whether it would be unconstitutional for Mrs. Clinton to serve as President-elect Barack Obama’s secretary of state because the salary for her new office was increased while she served in the Senate. Judicial Watch , a watchdog group that made a name for itself investigating the Clinton ...

Senate Leadership Working To Get Hillary Past Wingnut Effort To Block Sec State Appointment
TPM Election Central — ... Yesterday, the winger group Judicial Watch, which has spent God knows how much time chasing the Clintons down all manner of legal rabbit holes, put out a statement saying that Hillary was ineligible to become Sec of State because of something called the "Emoluments Clause" of the Constitution. The clause in question says that no Senator or Representative can be appointed to any "civil office" if she has gotten a raise during his or her tenure in elected office, as Hillary has. ...

Is Hillary Clinton Constitutionally Ineligible to Serve as Secretary of State?
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... Answer: Yes, according to Judicial Watch: Judicial 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 ...

Hillary Clinton Constitutionally Ineligible to Serve as Secretary of State
Gateway Pundit — Bummer. 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.

Remainders: New look
Ben Smith's Blog — Trolls, too, respond to the broken windows theory. Pfeiffer says Obama's still for the Employee Free Choice Act. Curtly. Last booze call will be 5.am in DC on inauguration week. Change we can believe in. Bill Richardson can now be a secret emissary. Cillizza thinks he was sending secret signals to Hillary. Judicial Watch doesn't believe in the Saxbe Fix. Barack Obama has a holiday in Alabama. Fox News finally got to ask a question, having been put in its place. ...

Links for 2008-12-03 [del.icio.us]
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... a grass-roots operation to get out the vote. Live Blogging The No on Prop 8 Campaign's Virtual Town Hall / Queerty Yada Yada Yada Why the Gay Marriage California Campaign failed - post mortem. California Proposition 8 History and post-mortem The initiative’s proponents submitted 1,120,801 signatures for “The California Marriage Protection Act”; they needed only 694,354. The measure qualified on June 2, becoming Proposition 8. Judicial Watch Announces Hillary Clinton Constitutionally Ineligible to Serve as Secretary of State | ...

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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... (tags: GOP) Judicial Watch Announces Hillary Clinton Constitutionally Ineligible to Serve as Secretary of State | Judicial Watch Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced ...

Bush Approves Bill Reducing Secretary of State's Pay
The Caucus — ... Mrs. Clinton’s confirmation process because of a clause in the Constitution that forbids a member of Congress from being appointed to a government position which was either created or given a compensation increase during the lawmaker’s current term. The bill cuts the secretary of state’s salary from $191,300 to $186,600, its level in January 2007 when Mrs. Clinton began her second term in the Senate. When Congress passed the bill last week, Judicial Watch, a conservative group that had raised the issue of Mrs. Clinton’s eligibility for the cabinet position, said that the ...