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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ecommerceman who wrote (7647)	11/13/2001 7:49:09 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93284

I have a unique take on the whole mess. The only ones that really got it correct [in the abstract] were the networks that called Gore a winner on the exit poll sampling. The exit poll sampling was unbiased with respect to undervotes, overvotes and hanging chads. Everyone else screwed up on one point or another. jttmab

To: ecommerceman who wrote (7647)	11/13/2001 8:25:41 AM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

I found this article more interesting.... i thought he was going to vigorously defend himself once he wasn't weighted down by the responsibility of the office of POTUS???? You don't suppose that was yet another lie, do you? Clinton quits Supreme Court bar He faced suspension or disbarment over Paula Jones case ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON, NOV. 9 — Former President Clinton asked to resign from the Supreme Court bar Friday, rather than fight suspension or disbarment related to the Paula Jones sexual harassment investigation. Membership in the Supreme Court bar is largely ceremonial, but is regarded as an honor among lawyers. THE HIGH COURT suspended Clinton Oct. 1 as a follow-up to suspension of his law license in his home state of Arkansas. The high court gave Clinton until Friday to say why he should not be permanently barred from appearing before the high court as a lawyer. Clinton lawyer David Kendall, in a letter to the court clerk, linked Clinton’s request to the loss of his Arkansas law license. On Jan. 19, a day before he left office, Clinton agreed to a five-year suspension of the license and a $25,000 fine as part of a settlement that ended the Monica Lewinsky investigation. Independent Counsel Robert Ray agreed not to prosecute Clinton after he left office. STEMS FROM PAULA JONES CASE The agreement also satisfied the legal effort by the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct to disbar Clinton for giving misleading testimony in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case. “In order to avoid the burden of litigation for all parties, to achieve an expeditious and definitive resolution, and in acknowledgment that his actions merited censure, former President Clinton agreed to the suspension and fine,” Kendall wrote Friday. The high court could act on Clinton’s request as soon as Tuesday. Supreme Court disbarment typically follows disbarment in lower courts, and is considered final. In a few cases, lawyers who have successfully regained their law licenses in lower courts have successfully won reinstatement at the Supreme Court. Likewise, Clinton could reapply if he regains his law license, in Arkansas or elsewhere, and keeps it blemish-free for three years. Membership in the Supreme Court bar is largely ceremonial, but is regarded as an honor among lawyers. Membership requires a sponsor who is already a member, and who will vouch for the candidate’s qualifications. Clinton was admitted to the Supreme Court bar in 1977, when he was Arkansas attorney general. Like most lawyers admitted to the high court bar, Clinton has never argued a case before it.

To: ecommerceman who wrote (7647)	11/13/2001 6:02:46 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

"But the consortium, looking at a broader group of rejected ballots than those covered in the court decisions, 175,010 in all, found that Mr. Gore might have won if the courts had ordered a full statewide recount of all the rejected ballots. This also assumes that county canvassing boards would have reached the same conclusions about the disputed ballots that the consortium's independent observers did. The findings indicate that Mr. Gore might have eked out a victory if he had pursued in court a course like the one he publicly advocated when he called on the state to "count all the votes." In addition, the review found statistical support for the complaints of many voters, particularly elderly Democrats in Palm Beach County, who said in interviews after the election that confusing ballot designs may have led them to spoil their ballots by voting for more than one candidate. More than 113,000 voters cast ballots for two or more presidential candidates. Of those, 75,000 chose Mr. Gore and a minor candidate; 29,000 chose Mr. Bush and a minor candidate. Because there was no clear indication of what the voters intended, those numbers were not included in the consortium's final tabulations. Thus the most thorough examination of Florida's uncounted ballots provides ammunition for both sides in what remains the most disputed and mystifying presidential election in modern times. It illuminates in detail the weaknesses of Florida's system that prevented many from voting as they intended to. But it also provides support for the result that county election officials and the courts ultimately arrived at — a Bush victory by the tiniest of margins." Excerpt from, " Study of Disputed Florida Ballots Finds Justices Did Not Cast the Deciding Vote" from The New York Times November 12, 2001 By FORD FESSENDEN and JOHN M. BRODER