Judicial Watch: Clinton Ineligible to be Secretary of State!!!!!!!!

With Judicial Watch on the case, can anything save Hillary now?  BZZZZZZT!  She's out---and on a technicality!

Gawker has the nutshell version of the underlying law.  ABOVE WHICH NO ONE, NOT EVEN HILLARY CLINTON, IS!!

Article I, Section 6:

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.

"Emoluments" is an old-tymey Constitution word for "scrill." And hey, wouldn't you know, between Clinton's 2006 reelection and now, the salary for Secretary of State went up to $191,300!  (Gawker)

Um, yeah. 

Clinton flack Philippe Reines' response is pretty choice: "This is a Harvard Law grad nominating a Yale Law grad here, so all parties involved have been cognizant of this issue from the outset."(Gawker)

AND:

In the past, Congress has gotten around this by passing a resolution cutting the salary for the office at stake back to what it was before the nominee’s most recent election....

“It’s been dealt with each and every time,” said Jim Manley, spokesman for [Harry] Reid. “We’re confident it can be dealt with this time.” Mr. Manley said it was unclear whether the measure could be passed during a lame-duck session next week. “We’re trying to work on this as quickly as possible,” he said. (The Caucus)

Needless to say, Judicial Watch has already thought of this and denies that any action whatso-effing-ever can ever make Hillary eligible. 

BUT as Reines further remarked:

"Putting frivolous lawsuits by fringe groups aside, this issue has been resolved many times over the past century involving both Democratic and Republican appointments and we’re confident it will be here too.” (The Caucus)

Wonkette filed this one under "Dipshits on Parade."

America will forever remember this day when a few valiant souls in furry hats stood around freezing their balls off, praying for Freedom.

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Comments

[Ahrcanum]

The Clinton's are masterful at dodge ball. Obama owes her for support of SR 511 and her nominations to SOS is payback. Maybe he will dismiss her on these grounds and be done with her once and for all.