There has been far too much chatter about Sen. Hillary Clinton's inability to serve as Secretary of State because of Article 1, Section 6 of the Constitution, which states:
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 increased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.
So, Bush raised the salary's while Clinton was a senator, making her ineligible to serve - or so that's what Judicial Watch, an obviously partisan group, has said in this CNN story:
"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," Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement.
Of course, I recently read a blog that lamented the fact Congress would have to actually change the law to allow Clinton to serve. How terrible it is that our elected legislature must waste time by adhering to a law, it was declared.
Both are chump views. Precedent on this issue was set more than 30 years ago and reinforced during the Clinton administration. Fitton looks like a fool for declaring there's no way Hillary can serve, because it's happened before.
And blog hero would rather ignore the rule of law because it's such a petty thing in his eyes - an equally foolish outlook when you consider our nation is supposedly built on the rule of law.
Congress will either lower the salary or Hillary won't work for the higher pay. Time to move on to the next pathetic partisan attack.
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