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Well it seems obvious the idea is that Hillary will be secretary of State until say 2013/2014 at which time Joe Biden will resign as VP and Obama will appoint Hillary as heir apparant.
ReplyDeleteExcept...there is only a slight problem that, oh I don't know, it is unconstitutional to appoint Hillary as Secretary of State...see this link (you may have to scoll down the page to get to the discussion on emoluments)
http://www.volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_11_23-2008_11_29.shtml#1227548910
You are right but I think there is a loop hole in this law. I think if she keeps her Senate salary, she can accept the Secretary post. It's a complicated law but I'm sure Obama and his team have looked into it.
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