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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DMaA who wrote (58506)	8/11/1999 12:27:00 PM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

IS the whole durn country politicized? Savannah Morning News Concerned lawyers and judges are working to remove some of the tarnish that has attached itself to the legal profession. Letting President Clinton address the American Bar Association on Monday didn't help. Less than two weeks ago, Chief Judge Susan Webber Wright of the federal court in Arkansas fined Mr. Clinton $90,000 for perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with the Paula Jones suit. The judge also said the president ''undermined the integrity of the judicial system'' and referred his conduct to the disbarment committee in his home state. And none of this bothers the ABA, whose stated mission is to promote throughout the nation the administration of justice and uphold the honor of the profession of law? This is like inviting Dr. Kevorkian to speak to a convention of hospice directors. Actually, Mr. Clinton's appearance confirms the politicization of the ABA. In 1973, the group condemned President Nixon, another lawyer, during the then-ongoing Watergate inquiry. The group was troubled by news reports about Mr. Nixon's involvement, saying they ''cast aspersions upon the integrity of the profession.'' That was the right call. But Mr. Nixon was a Republican. Mr. Clinton is a Democrat whose pals include some ABA leaders. As far as professionalism and the ABA is concerned, the case is closed. marketwatch.newsalert.com

To: DMaA who wrote (58506)	8/11/1999 2:30:00 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

I ran across this. It looks like what they nailed Schuh on. Message 10907444

To: DMaA who wrote (58506)	8/11/1999 5:05:00 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 67261

Text of my letter of resignation: August 10, 1999 Mr. Robert A. Stein Executive Director American Bar Association 750 N. Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60611 Re: Resignation Dear Mr. Stein: This letter is to inform you that I am resigning my membership in the American Bar Association in disgust because of the ABA's leadership decision to have President William J. Clinton appear as the keynote speaker at the annual convention. It is one of the purposes of the ABA to help to improve the image of the legal system and lawyers in the eyes of the general public. Inviting an individual to speak who has been found by a court to have attempted to subvert the judicial process and to deny another individual her due process and a full and fair hearing is just incomprehensibly inconsistent with such a goal. The court which sanctioned Mr. Clinton to the tune of $90,000.00 found that Mr. Clinton gave intentionally false testimony in the Jones case and also allowed affidavits containing clear falsehoods to be admitted into evidence. The fact that Mr. Clinton is a lawyer and our President who took an oath to defend and uphold our Constitution and faithfully execute the laws of our country just makes the fact of his transgressions all the more egregious. It also makes the fact of his invitation by the ABA leadership as a keynote speaker all the more reprehensible since it is an insult to all those lawyers who do respect and uphold the traditional notions of fair play and due process in the courts around this nation. I can not and will not voluntarily associate with an organization which could countenance this appearance by an individual with such obvious contempt for the law and our legal system. Please refund my membership dues that were paid to the American Bar Association on June 30, 1999. Thank you in advance for your immediate attention to this matter. Very Truly Yours, John L. Allen, Esq. JLA/tad