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

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (63438)	12/11/1999 4:06:00 PM
From: C Kahn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

It could be that little lorrie met her match.

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (63438)	12/11/1999 4:09:00 PM
From: C Kahn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

I had to help bury a good friend yesterday. That's my excuse. What's hers?

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (63438)	12/11/1999 4:12:00 PM
From: C Kahn	Respond to of 67261

I admit, I'm not handling the death well.

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (63438)	12/11/1999 4:52:00 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Thursday December 9, 12:16 PM Judge Norma Holloway Johnson's Hissy Fit The Monicagate judge who determined last year that independent counsel Ken Starr's conduct warranted investigation didn't take kindly to complaints about her own alleged misbehavior on the bench. According to a little-noticed wire report on Friday, Judge Norma Holloway Johnson now acknowledges that it may not have been such a hot idea to bypass the standard procedure for random selection of judges in the cases of Clinton hot potatoes Webster Hubbell and Charlie Trie. Johnson had invoked Local Rule 403(g), which allowed these two potential White House nightmares to be adjudicated by Clinton-appointed judges in the interests of "the expeditious and efficient disposition of the court's business." But when the D.C.-based legal watchdog group Judicial Watch complained about the apparent conflict of interest, Judge Johnson popped her cork. "I am saddened that any credence could be given to such facially partisan allegations which are fueled by rumor, innuendo and speculation," she wrote to D.C. appeals court judge Stephen Williams. "With all due respect to your duties as Acting Chief Judge," Johnson continued, "it is abundantly clear that the claims of complainant Judicial Watch are mere surmise based on adolescent, anonymous chatter and should be promptly dismissed." The good judge went on to characterize the questions about her decision in the Hubbell and Trie cases as "patent nonsense" and "libelous of my reputation for impartiality." While Judge Williams ruled that the evidence was too "slender" to find Johnson guilty of actual wrongdoing, his opinion suggested that Judicial Watch may have had a point. "I do not intend to imply that the local rule allowing nonrandom assignment of cases is beyond criticism," he said, adding that the loophole Johnson excercised "makes possible both actual and perceived abuses." For her part, Johnson now admits that "our special assignment system needs to be reexamined and more precise standards need to be adopted." The court has subsequently found that Johnson's suspicions that Starr's office was leaking Monicagate grand jury information were unfounded.