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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jim S who wrote (4256)	9/9/1998 3:56:00 PM
From: Kevin McKenzie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13994

Can we all file a class action lawsuit against the President for the timing of his submission of Independent Council report? Or would we have to sue Starr?

To: Jim S who wrote (4256)	9/9/1998 4:06:00 PM
From: Doughboy	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 13994

There have been several impeachment proceedings in the Senate, mostly involving judges and other public officials, so there is some precedent to follow. The Washington Post had a long article about this yesterday, so that's where I got most of my info. washingtonpost.com An interesting excerpt from the Post article about the work of Charles Black, an impeachment scholar: In a widely read book at the time of the Nixon impeachment, Yale Law School professor Charles L. Black Jr. used two hypotheticals relevant to Clinton's current circumstances: a president who brought a female minor across a state line for an "immoral purpose" in violation of the Mann Act or who obstructed justice by helping a young White House intern conceal possession of marijuana. Black termed those "preposterous" scenarios for removing a president and argued that impeachment should be confined to offenses that are "extremely serious," "in some way corrupt or subvert the political and governmental process" and are "plainly wrong." Doughboy