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To: weegee
...though it is unconstitutional for Hillary to be in this cabinet.

How so? Just curious.

59 posted on 12/02/2008 1:20:09 PM PST by PsyOp (Put government in charge of tire pressure, and we'll soon have a shortage of air. - PsyOp.)
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To: PsyOp

The Emoluments Clause in 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 compensation package was raised for the Secretary of State under the last congress, of which Hillary was a member. Ergo it is unlawful for her to move directly from Congress to that particular cabinet office during her elected term in office.

I bet they ignore it. If they can ignore Obama’s birth certificate, they can ignore this.


69 posted on 12/02/2008 2:24:49 PM PST by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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