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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK

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To: pezz who wrote (7000)	10/4/1998 3:08:00 PM
From: j_b	Read Replies (1) of 67261

<<If they wanted to be ambiguous they would have left out the "high"I believe it's a safe assumption that they were trying to make sure that only serious crimes were to be impeachable offenses.>> This is one of my favorite issues. If you go back to the English Common Law from which the impeachment wording was taken, you will find that the concept of a "high" crime was one that betrayed the trust of the people being governed. The English actually meant the word "misdemeanor" literally - it is an act of bad demeanor, that included either "misconduct in the execution of office or scandalous behavior in his private capacity" ("The Machinery of Justice in England" by R.M. Jackson, London 1967, as quoted in Ann Coulter's book). They considered lying to the public to be a serious betrayal of the public trust, and perjury to be even worse. <<I have heard differing opinions on whether or not perjury in a civil case that has been thrown out is usually brought to trial.I will leave that up to the legal folk to decide.[in other words I don't know]>> My position exactly.

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