What? Why am I “grasping at straws”? Why is it up to me to “let her take the job”?
I’m just explaining what the text says. She has to take a paycut in order to be appointed. Them’s the rules. It’s pretty clearcut.
Unless you just think the constitution is just too much bother to follow anymore.
If she is prohibited because of this clause in the constitution, then taking a pay cut wouldn't make it OK. The emoluments will still have been increased. It would not be in her power to lower the salary to get around this prohibition.