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Dec 06, 2008

Hillary Clinton, the Saxbe Fix, and the Battle of Pelennor Fields

The only thing standing between Sen. Hillary Clinton and the office of U.S. Secretary of State? The Constitution — or so says legal eagles like Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton, after some close reading of the fine print. Wait. Wtf? According to the Constitution, “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…

 
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