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Three decisions today from the Supreme Court, on technical legal issues. We'll get decisions again this coming Monday, June 14.
The justices today also turned down an appeal from the conservative gadfly group Judicial Watch over Hillary Clinton's eligibility to be Secretary of State. The Constitution bars the appointment to a cabinet job of any member of Congress who voted to raise the position's salary. Because she was in the Senate when the salary of Secretary of State was raised to $191,300, Judicial Watch argued that she was blocked from taking the job.
Congress, sensitive to this criticism, lowered the salary to its previous level before she took office, but Judicial Watch claimed that didn't solve the problem, since the salary was, in fact, raised while she was in the Senate. But the court declined to hear the case.
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Sore losers are trying anything and everything but the will of the people. I would rather they actually participate in suggesting ways to prevent future spills like the one in the Gulf of Mexico right now, alternative energy incentives, improving the healthcare bill, improving international relations, putting people back to work and so forth instead of nit picking about Cabinet members.
What does that have to do with Clinton's Eligibility?
Apparently the Supreme Court didn't think the Republican sore losers had a case. Clinton obviously was approved by the Senate whose job it is to check the eligibility of Cabinet members. One can but wonder, if there really is a problem, how many in the past Administrations, were not qualified.
You are so right. They will think of anything to hamper this administration no matter what. And I am sure there were others that were not qualified.
Hmmm ... she must be scoring points. But more seriously, who has time -- and money -- for silly lawsuits like this? And they call personal injury lawyers sharks.