Thread: Hillary Clinton as S.O.S.: Unconstitutional?

So, this is gaining traction in the media. Is Hillary disqualified because of a constitutional conflict? It seems probable that a loophole will come about for Hillary.

Hillary Clinton's appointment as US Secretary of State has been challenged as unconstitutional. In fact it conflicts with Article 1, Section 6 of the Constitution which 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."

Hillary Clinton has been a Senator since 2001. In January of this year President Bush signed an executive order raising the salary of the Secretary of State by $4,700. That disqualifies her from taking office, according to the advocacy group Judicial Watch. But Democrat apologists insist there are ways to circumvent this disqualification. Congress could reduce the salary to its former level, as was done in 1974 to enable Senator William Saxbe to become attorney general and in 1993 to facilitate Senator Lloyd Bentsen becoming treasury secretary.

Those moves were unconstitutional, riposte the purists, carried out by Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, both notorious for constitutional improprieties. Using a Clinton precedent to validate a Clinton promotion does have a gamey odour to it. Opponents point out that, because of this clause, Ronald Reagan refrained from appointing Senator Orrin Hatch to the Supreme Court...

Telegraph

No, there's another thread about this. It is not unprecedented. It doesn't make it anymore Constitutional, but it won't change her appointment.

Originally Posted by metheron

No, there's another thread about this. It is not unprecedented. It doesn't make it anymore Constitutional, but it won't change her appointment.

Sorry mods, didn't know there was already a thread on this.

http://www.ballot.com/hotwire/29289-...itutional.html

No big deal, here's the link.

Originally Posted by metheron

http://www.ballot.com/hotwire/29289-...itutional.html

No big deal, here's the link.

Thank you..