Hillary Selection Calls Obama’s Respect for the Constitution Into Question
There was a comprehensive (and better, IMO) discussion of this at the Volokh Conspiracy, including “time” vs “term”, what “encreased” really means, etc. I believe a reasonable and constitutional reading is this:
If the senate votes to raise the the SecState’s compensation to, say, $150,000 per year, fully paid health insurance for the SecState and family, and a COLA, then no senator whose term in office coincides with the vote can be appointed SecState. If a senator is re-elected to a new term, then they are eligible as long as no further vote has occurred. If after the original vote the amount of the COLA changes due to inflation, no problem. If the cost of the health insurance changes, no problem. If the size of the family increases no problem.
