At least I'm not the one in a bunker with 10 years worth of supplies and a laptop spreading conspiracy theories.
Follow your own advice.
lol...try again...
time looking forward will be your education.
Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
Washington, DC -- December 2, 2008
Ineligibility Clause of Constitution Prohibits Clinton Appointment
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 Order signed by President Bush during Hillary Clinton's current Senate term increased the salary for Secretary of State, thereby rendering Senator Clinton ineligible for the position.
Specifically, Article I, section 6 of the U.S. Constitution provides "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 encreased during such time." The provision is seen by most as designed by our Founding Fathers to protect against corruption.
Former President Richard Nixon circumvented this constitutional provision after appointing former Ohio Senator William Saxbe to the position of Attorney General. The Nixon administration managed to force legislation through Congress to reduce the salary for the position of Attorney General to the level that existed prior to Senator Saxbe's appointment. This scheme, known thereafter as "The Saxbe Fix," was also used to allow Senator Lloyd Bentsen to assume the position of Treasury Secretary under President Clinton.
"The Saxbe Fix" may reduce the salary of Secretary of State to previous levels, but it does not affect what is a clear constitutional prohibition. It cannot change the fact that the salary had been increased while Senator Clinton served in Congress. (President Ronald Reagan reportedly did not appoint Senator Orrin Hatch to the Supreme Court because of this provision.) Simply put, the Constitution does not provide for a legislative remedy for the Ineligibility Clause.
"There's no getting around the Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, so Hillary Clinton is prohibited from serving in the Cabinet until at least 2013, when her current term expires," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "Barack Obama should select someone who is eligible for the position of Secretary of State and save the country from a constitutional battle over Hillary Clinton's confirmation. No public official who has taken the oath to support and defend the Constitution should support this appointment. And aside from the constitutional issue, Hillary Clinton's long track record of corruption makes her a terrible choice to serve as the nation's top diplomat."
She should be a particularly good match then for Obama who is, don't you know, constitutionally ineligible to serve as President of the US because the hospital bed he was born on hadn't been naturalized, therefore making his birth one that technically did not happen in the US, even though the bed was in the US at the time of his birth. Hillary has a corrupt chocolate chip cookie recipe that she got from a Martian. And she's a powerful smart old woman, making her ineligible on the face of things. Constitutionally speaking, Obama should only be getting 3/5 of a vote at most, not the presidency...and Hillary should go back to doing what women do best...shakin' them pots and washin' them pans. What is the world coming to????
She should be a particularly good match then for Obama who is, don't you know, constitutionally ineligible to serve as President of the US because the hospital bed he was born on hadn't been naturalized, therefore making his birth one that technically did not happen in the US, even though the bed was in the US at the time of his birth. Hillary has a corrupt chocolate chip cookie recipe that she got from a Martian. And she's a powerful smart old woman, making her ineligible on the face of things.
I know, what were these suckers expecting, actual change????
Obama may be appointing corrupt corporate whores, crooks and criminals but those are the only people with experience to do what Obama tells them, right?
'and I can't imagine why you wouldn't welcome any change, my brother'
'How a culture can forget its plan of yesterday
and you swear it's not a trend
it doesn't matter anyway
there's no need to talk as friends
nothing news everyday
all the kids will eat it up
if it's packaged properly'
Well, Obama will bring change as best he can, but it tickles me to think how wide-eyed and naive most of us are. I think some of us were thinking that after he was elected that he'd appoint people newly descending directly from heaven or something. He had a cute, sweet slogan that certainly was more attractive than the old, hateful slogans on the Republican side...but people, it was just a slogan. He does actually have reality to deal with after the PR is all said and done.
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At least I'm not the one in a bunker with 10 years worth of supplies and a laptop spreading conspiracy theories.
Follow your own advice.
lol...try again...
time looking forward will be your education.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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Yeah...when it come to folowing the constitution by the letter...we have been losers for over 200 years.
Is this really an issue? Give me a break.
She should be a particularly good match then for Obama who is, don't you know, constitutionally ineligible to serve as President of the US because the hospital bed he was born on hadn't been naturalized, therefore making his birth one that technically did not happen in the US, even though the bed was in the US at the time of his birth. Hillary has a corrupt chocolate chip cookie recipe that she got from a Martian. And she's a powerful smart old woman, making her ineligible on the face of things. Constitutionally speaking, Obama should only be getting 3/5 of a vote at most, not the presidency...and Hillary should go back to doing what women do best...shakin' them pots and washin' them pans. What is the world coming to????
I know, what were these suckers expecting, actual change????
Obama may be appointing corrupt corporate whores, crooks and criminals but those are the only people with experience to do what Obama tells them, right?
'How a culture can forget its plan of yesterday
and you swear it's not a trend
it doesn't matter anyway
there's no need to talk as friends
nothing news everyday
all the kids will eat it up
if it's packaged properly'