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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 12:45 PM Original message |
Secretary of state salary cut for Clinton |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. There is precedent for this "fix". |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It seems a lot of C-scholars think that it's not strictly legal. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Maybe he'll check in on this topic again now that there is a proposed |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. He already spoke on the previous appointee (Nixon admin?) that |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Precisely. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Apperently there is a former law professor who has no problem with this: |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. It that the Turley who wanted SCOTUS to take up Donofrio's citizenship suit? |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. For the purpose of dismissing all doubt, yes. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 07:12 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. You think Donofrio's suit raised some real issue? Donofrio's claim |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Oh get a damn life. nt |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Excuse me? |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I won't even argue this silly technicality |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. There isn't a "constitutional limit" on the pay. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Bipartsan precedent since 1909, and the Saxbe Fix corrcets the problem |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Uh, no, it doesn't. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Uh yes, it does -- enough that the GOP won't touch this |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Look, I'm not arguing that Clinton can't be SecState. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. The constitutional language should be judged by its long-recognized intent, namely, |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. It's a "fix" in that Cheney moving to Wyoming was a "fix." |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Wording perhaps. but it is well within the spirit |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. If it were only "just a law". |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. Sorry. |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. There's no need for an amendment. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Note that I said that EITHER |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Your first paragraph gets at the crux of the issue as it pertains to Hillary. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. More to the point |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 05:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
34. There will probably never be another Constitutional amendment, unless politicians get more |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. Somehow I think she'll manage. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. Good. |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. I don't think it's constitutional for Clinton to become SOS |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I hope that it's litigated now. |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Ahem... |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I didn't express myself well. |
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420inTN (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #18 |
39. Why is it not constititutional for her to be SoS? |
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scytherius (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
24. This has been going on for years. Covered it in law school. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 05:34 AM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Who has standing to challenge her appointment, if she is confirmed by the Senate, though? Maybe a |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-11-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
26. That was an easy fix. |
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420inTN (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
37. It's not even $5K difference... |
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420inTN (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
38. Article 1, Section 6, paragraph 2 |
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