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Is Hillary Clinton Constitutionally Ineligible to Serve as Secretary of State?
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 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.
Ok, so what legal loophole with the Democrats use?
Remember the DC Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supremes still are controlled by the RIGHT.
Stay tuned……
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Who Will Replace Hillary Clinton in the United States Senate?
Eric Holder walks with Caroline Kennedy on Capitol Hill in Washington. Holder is President-elect Barack Obama’s Attorney General Designee, June 25, 2008.
With Hillary going to the State Department who replaces her in the Senate?New York Gov. David Paterson will make the call — the first time a New York governor has had to make the call since Rockefeller picked Charles Goodell after Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Paterson was out with a statement today (in full after the jump) after Clinton was named Secretary of State, saying, in part, that he was “proud” of Clinton and that New York was losing a “powerful voice.”
On replacing her, Paterson said he is “consulting with a wide variety of individuals from all across New York State. I expect to announce Senator Clinton’s replacement when the position becomes officially vacant.”
Several names have been floated, including state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, son of former popular Gov. Mario Cuomo, Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi, U.S. Reps. Kirsten Gillibrand, Brian Higgins, Nydia Velazquez, Jerrold Nadler, Nita Lowey (who reportedly wants to stay in the House), Steve Israel, Gregory Meeks and Louise Slaughter, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown (the city’s first black mayor) and Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión Jr. Even NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s and Caroline Kennedy’s names have been thrown out there.
Flap says Caroline Kennedy fits the bill. Wasn’t it, after all, her Uncle’s former seat?
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Samantha “Hillary is a MONSTER” Power is Back on Team Obama
Samantha Power
She’s BACK.Did anyone really think she wouldn’t be? In the “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up†category, the woman who stepped away from Obama’s campaign after calling Hillary Clinton a “monster,†was listed on Obama’s change.gov, per AP, as being part of the Agency Review Team for the State Department. We wonder what that first meeting between Power and Madame Secretary Clinton will be like. (She apparently made a gesture to bury the hatchet.)
Flpa knew Power would return.
But, that first meeting with “The Monster” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton WILL be awkward.
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And, more awkward for supporters of Israel.
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Obama Adviser Samantha Power Apologizes for Calling Hillary “A Monsterâ€
Barack Obama Watch: Samantha Power Calls Hillary “A Monsterâ€
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Hillary Clinton to Accept Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton will accept President Obama’s appointment as the next Secretary of State, according to the New York Times.
Hillary Rodham Clinton has decided to give up her Senate seat and accept the position of secretary of state, making her the public face around the world for the administration of the man who beat her for the Democratic presidential nomination, two confidants said Friday.
Mrs. Clinton came to her decision after additional discussion with President-elect Barack Obama about the nature of her role and his plans for foreign policy, said one of the confidants, who insisted on anonymity to discuss the situation. Mr. Obama’s office told reporters Thursday that the nomination is “on track†but Clinton associates only confirmed Friday afternoon that she has decided.
“She’s ready,†said the confidant. Mrs. Clinton was reassured after talking again with Mr. Obama because their first meeting in Chicago last week “was so general,†the confidant said. The purpose of the follow-up talk, he added, was not to extract particular concessions but “just getting comfortable†with the idea of working together.
A second Clinton associate confirmed that her camp believes they have a done deal. Senior Obama advisers said Friday morning that the offer had not been formally accepted and no announcement will be made until after Thanksgiving. But they said they were convinced that the nascent alliance was now ready to be sealed.
The Obama Adminsitration plus the Clintons. Now, the next four years will be REAL interesting.
The next Clinton scandal will be in 3…….2……..1.
Hillary’s replacement/appointee in the Senate will be either Andrew Cuomo or Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. who will have to stand in a special election in 2009. This leaves Rudy Giuliani to go one on one against David Patterson for New York Governor in 2010.
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Day By Day by Chris Muir November 18, 2008 – Obama Power Bling
Symbolism over substance – like Obama’s meeting with John McCain yesterday. Will womanizer/adulterer John Edwards be next?No, allowing Hillary and Bill to do the heavy lifting and become de facto Co-Presidents. Then, “The One” can shift the blame if his Democrat dominated federal government screws up.
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Hillary Clinton to Become Secretary of State in Obama Administration
According to the U.K’s Guardian newspaper it is a done deal – Hillary Clinton will become the next Secretary of State.Hillary Clinton plans to accept the job of secretary of state offered by Barack Obama, who is reaching out to former rivals to build a broad coalition administration, the Guardian has learned.
Obama’s advisers have begun looking into Bill Clinton’s foundation, which distributes millions of dollars to Africa to help with development, to ensure that there is no conflict of interest. But Democrats do not believe that the vetting is likely to be a problem.
Clinton would be well placed to become the country’s dominant voice in foreign affairs, replacing Condoleezza Rice. Since being elected senator for New York, she has specialised in foreign affairs and defence. Although she supported the war in Iraq, she and Obama basically agree on a withdrawal of American troops.
Good move for Hillary or bad move?
A GAFFE for Obama? Or a headache?
Or as Dick Morris represents: “A recipe for HELPLESSNESS?”
Some, like Hitchins are not too pleased and some think like Flap this is an opening for Rudy Giuliani.
Stay tuned…..
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Is Bill Holding Hillary Back from Secretary of State?
President-elect Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton
Probably.Bill’s finances have to be a shambles and a convenient excuse for Obama to choose Bill Richardson.
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Day By Day by Chris Muir November 17, 2008 – Obama Charm School
Barack Obama is turning to Bill Clinton Administration retreads for his top staff and Cabinet posts. Never mind that Jamie Gorelick was complicit in the 9-11 Intelligence failure and the subprime mortgage collapse, she is a partisan who will toe the Democrat Party and Big Labor line.CNN this morning is spinning Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State. They insist Bill Clinton will be NO impedement to “The One” appointing Hillary because the world was a “SAFER” place when he was President and world leaders like him.
CNN, a prime mover/member of the Clinton Cabal, has already forgotten the Twin Towers, Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.
But, what about the Obama-Clinton baggage of the 3 AM ad? You remember, in which Hillary maintained Obama was NOT ready for the Presidency? Flap guesses all is forgiven since Hillary will NOW answer the call and “The ONE” can vote present.
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Hillary Clinton to be Next Secretary of State?
Yeah, right.There’s increasing chatter in political circles that the Obama camp is not overly happy with the usual suspects for secretary of state these days and that the field might be expanding somewhat beyond Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Gov. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.), Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) and maybe former Democratic senator Sam Nunn of Georgia.
There’s talk, indeed, that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) may now be under consideration for the post. Her office referred any questions to the Obama transition; Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor declined to comment.
Senator John Kerry and/or Governor Bill Richardson bring more to Obama than a cackling member of the Clinton Cabal who can undermine the inexperienced Obama every day of his Presidency.
Who leaked this nonsense?
Podesta, Bill or Rudy Giuliani?
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Day By Day by Chris Muir September 19, 2008 – “Hello Kitty”
The LEFT has miscalculated with the attacks on Sarah Palin and the continuing attacks by the Obama campaign are self-defeating.McCain-Palin will NOT be able to capture ALL of the disgruntled Hillary Clinton voters in working class neighborhoods but there will be enough cross-over voters to make Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin competitive. Watch where Sarah Palin is deployed to campaign and the reader will get an idea where the true battleground for Presidential race 2008 is.
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