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Look, I do not necessarily care for this woman or her political slant all that much either, yet sometimes I wonder about some of these so-called "watch-dog" groups and their concerns, and if they are in truth really serving the country's best interests...
Hillary Clinton in job illegally, suit claims
Associated Press
January 30, 2009
WASHINGTON - A conservative watchdog group filed a lawsuit Thursday arguing that Hillary Clinton cannot legally serve as secretary of state, even though she was sworn in last week.
The suit is based on an obscure section of the Constitution on compensation for public officials, the emoluments clause.
The clause states that no member of Congress can be appointed to a government post if that job's pay was increased during the lawmaker's current term.
Clinton was serving in Congress when the secretary of state's salary was raised to $191,300.
Congress last month lowered the salary to $186,600, which it was when she began her second Senate term.
A similar tactic has been used so that several other members of Congress from both parties could serve in the Cabinet.
Judicial Watch, which has pursued several suits against Clinton and other officials over the years, argues there can be no exceptions to the clause.
The group says that Clinton is "constitutionally ineligible" to be secretary of state until 2013, when her second Senate term would expire. She resigned from the Senate to take the Cabinet post.
Hillary Clinton in job illegally, suit claims
Associated Press
January 30, 2009
WASHINGTON - A conservative watchdog group filed a lawsuit Thursday arguing that Hillary Clinton cannot legally serve as secretary of state, even though she was sworn in last week.
The suit is based on an obscure section of the Constitution on compensation for public officials, the emoluments clause.
The clause states that no member of Congress can be appointed to a government post if that job's pay was increased during the lawmaker's current term.
Clinton was serving in Congress when the secretary of state's salary was raised to $191,300.
Congress last month lowered the salary to $186,600, which it was when she began her second Senate term.
A similar tactic has been used so that several other members of Congress from both parties could serve in the Cabinet.
Judicial Watch, which has pursued several suits against Clinton and other officials over the years, argues there can be no exceptions to the clause.
The group says that Clinton is "constitutionally ineligible" to be secretary of state until 2013, when her second Senate term would expire. She resigned from the Senate to take the Cabinet post.
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