Would appointing Hillary violate the Constitution?
(MSNBC) - If President-elect Barack Obama nominates Hillary Clinton to be secretary of state, many legal scholars believe it would be the former law professor's first violation of the Constitution as president.
Why? Because the Constitution forbids the appointment of members of Congress to administration jobs if the salary of the job they'd take was raised while they were in Congress. (Article I, Section 6: "No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office ... the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time." Emoluments meaning salaries and benefits.)
Why? Because the Constitution forbids the appointment of members of Congress to administration jobs if the salary of the job they'd take was raised while they were in Congress. (Article I, Section 6: "No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office ... the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time." Emoluments meaning salaries and benefits.)
posted by BP News Bureau | 10:00 AM
1 Comments:
This is a hoot. As if Obama or MSNBC gave a red-hot damn about whether the Constitution is violated or not. Please!
Hey MSNBC, if you want to run down constitutional violations, why bother with little stuff like this? Why don't you just go after the entire federal budget?
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