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To: Moneysmith who wrote (641)	9/13/1998 3:07:00 PM
From: HPilot	Read Replies (1) of 1533

You obviously don't know what misdemeanor meant to our founder's. It meant misdeed back then. Still does but from the following definition from Webster's the first definition is the most common today. Main Entry: misúdeúmeanúor Pronunciation: -di-'mE-n&r Function: noun Date: 15th century 1 : a crime less serious than a felony 2 : MISDEED Back when we were under British rule one of the unjust practice's of British law was that you could be criminally convicted of commiting a "misdeed" which was not specifically prohibited under law. That is how Salem convicted and burned their "witch's". The term used for this type of criminal prosecution was "High crimes and misdemeanours". Our constitution specifically prohibits this for criminal procecution which risk's the citizen of "life and limb" which means imprisonment or death. This is still allowed under civil trials since the penalty is only monetary. Also it was specifically allowed for impeachment and would have been allowed in any case since the only punishment is removal from office. So he may be impeached for the sex alone if congress so vote's. In fact they have impeached a judge about a century ago for profanity. Don't remember who.

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