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Senator Bill Clinton? Just shoot me now, please.
Senator Bill Clinton? Just shoot me now, please.
You know, it seems like it was only last week when I was reflecting on one of the positive aspects of Hillary Clinton’s possible appointment as Secretary of State, that being the fact that we here in New York would finally get our other Senate seat back. (Ok, it actually was last week .) ...
More on Hillary Clinton and the Emoluments Clause:
volokh.com — From Prof. Michael Stokes Paulsen, author of Is Lloyd Bentsen Unconstitutional?, 46 Stanford L. Rev. 907 (1994)... (some paragraph breaks added, some glitches fixed with Prof. Paulsen's advance permission):... (more) More on Hillary Clinton and the Emoluments Clause:
Obama Names Bill Clinton to Presidential Post
iowahawk.typepad.com — WASHINGTON DC - Ending weeks of speculation and rumors, President-Elect Barack Obama today named Bill Clinton to... join his incoming administration as President of the United States, where he will head the federal government's executive branch."I am ... (more) Obama Names Bill Clinton to Presidential Post
A Clinton Administration?
thenation.com — No one should be shocked to discover that, in his transition to the presidency, the "inexperienced" former... senator from Chicago has turned to the last Democratic administration that had experience in Washington. It seems, however, that the Obama team ... (more) A Clinton Administration?
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DAY'S END ROUNDUP
News — ... notes while contending that the ballots should be considered valid. Just when New Yorkers were looking forward to getting their Senate seat back from out-of-towner Sen. Hillary Clinton (D), a suggestion pops up for her husband to take it over, Jazz Shaw laments at The Moderate Voice. A number of up-and-comers could serve the state well if Sen. Clinton is tapped to head the State Department, Shaw asserts. Hit & Run's ...

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