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

To: Bill who wrote (7682)	10/7/1998 4:11:00 PM
From: Borzou Daragahi	Respond to of 67261

Bill, I agree with you. Until there's a real public outcry or more public attention on the issue, there will be no change, whether in terms of practice, enforcement or reform.

To: Bill who wrote (7682)	10/7/1998 4:42:00 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Yale Law School, Dean, disown Bill Clinton and cronies: Yale Law School Debates Impeachment By Brigitte Greenberg Associated Press Writer Friday, September 25, 1998; 9:18 a.m. EDT NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Yale Law School is not responsible for the legal interpretations of alumnus Bill Clinton. So say its scholars. Even though President Clinton got his legal schooling from Yale, professors say it doesn't teach students to parse words to twist the law. ''I think you have to tell the truth,'' said Law School Dean Anthony Townsend Kronman, a 1975 graduate who was an acquaintance of Clinton at the school. ''It has to be part of your professional character and it is not something that can be taught by putting it down in a rule book and handing it to students.'' About 300 law students packed a school auditorium Thursday to hear Townsend and other scholars debate the future of Clinton. One professor questioned what students were learning from the courses. ''I worry, do we teach you that all that counts is your brains, your creativity? I worry that we teach you the Constitution means whatever you can make it mean,'' said Professor Kate Stith. ''How can you lie under oath if there are no lies, if words have no meaning, if ... it all depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is?'' she asked. Stith was referring to Clinton's videotaped grand jury testimony in which he was asked a question about whether he was having a sexual relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. He responded by distinguishing the past from the present tenses of the word ''is.'' Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton both graduated from Yale Law School in 1973. Clinton's private attorney, David Kendall, also attended Yale then. Professor George L. Priest, who believes impeachment is in order, said the president tried to use his law school rearing as a weapon against Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr. ''The president is a lawyer. He knows the significance of a sworn affidavit,'' he said. Professor Bruce Ackerman predicted Clinton would not be impeached and called the release of Clinton's videotaped grand jury testimony ''a government-subsidized pornographic broadcast.'' ''This is not a constitutional crisis. It is a tempest in a teapot,'' he said. search.washingtonpost.com