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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>What about Clinton's
law practice?
Legal foundation presses
for his disbarment in Arkansas
By David M. Bresnahan
© 1999 WorldNetDaily.com
The Supreme Court of Arkansas has ignored a formal
complaint to consider disciplinary action against attorney
Bill Clinton, but now it may be forced to take action.
In September 1998 the Southeastern Legal Foundation
filed a complaint with the Arkansas Supreme Court
Committee on Professional Conduct, the organization
that has authority to disbar an attorney for that state ( http://www.southeasternlegal.org/clinton.htm ).
The actions of President Clinton in the Paula Jones
lawsuit caused the complaint to be filed. There has been
no action on the complaint. Matthew J. Glavin, SLF
president, has decided to force the court to act.
The SLF has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus
action to force the court to respond ( http://www.southeasternlegal.org/arkpetition.html ). A writ of
mandamus, if granted, would be a court order to
perform as required by law. Glavin believes the law
clearly requires the Committee on Professional Conduct
to consider the complaint and take some sort of action.
A writ of mandamus would order the committee to
proceed.
Glavin told WorldNetDaily that the rules and
procedures set up by the Arkansas Supreme Court for
members of the bar are clear and compel the committee
to act in a timely way.
"The failure of the Arkansas legal ethics body to take
the required steps to discipline attorney William
Jefferson Clinton, in the face of a federal judge's
contempt citation, is tantamount to dereliction of duty,"
said Glavin.
Federal district court judge Susan Webber Wright, the
presiding judge in the Paula Jones case, issued a civil
contempt citation for President Clinton's
misrepresentations under oath.
The citation issued in April, states in part: "It is not
acceptable to employ deceptions and falsehoods in an
attempt to obstruct the judicial process."
The citation also mentioned an even higher standard
expected of President Clinton because of his position.
Wright added that the president's "conduct in this case,
coming as it did from a member of the bar and the chief
law enforcement officer of this nation, was without
justification and undermined the integrity of the judicial
system."
President Clinton's attorneys did not appeal the civil
contempt citation.
"With the filing of the mandamus action today, we hope
to kick-start the necessary investigatory process. As
officers of the court, lawyers swear to an oath to tell the
truth, defend the Constitution, and live by the laws that
govern us all. And when a lawyer becomes an elected
official, that duty is raised to a higher level because
public confidence in the legal system becomes an issue,"
said L. Lynn Hogue, constitutional law professor and
SLF legal counsel.
James Neal, executive director of the Committee on
Professional Conduct told WorldNetDaily he cannot
confirm nor deny the existence of any particular
complaint before his committee.
Neal had previously told WorldNetDaily that, if such a
complaint were presented to his committee, it would be
held until all legal action against the president had been
completed.
"We do not have a statute of limitation, so we're not
required to file in a certain period of time," said Neal.
Glavin disagrees and expects a writ of mandamus to be
issued within days, which will force Neal to act.
The final disposition of the Paula Jones case has been
completed, and Wright forwarded the contempt citation
against President Clinton to Neal's committee. State law
requires an automatic formal complaint be instituted
against an attorney who receives a civil contempt
citation. Despite the law, no action has been taken in
this case.
"When a lawyer violates his professional oath, lies
before a court of law, and undermines public confidence
in the rule of law, that lawyer should be punished,"
Glavin said by phone.
The committee may take various disciplinary steps,
including disbarment.
The Southeastern Legal Foundation ( http://www.southeasternlegal.org )is a public interest
law firm founded in 1976. It is located in Atlanta.
David M. Bresnahan is an investigative journalist
for WorldNetDaily.com [/quote]
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>What about Clinton's
law practice?
Legal foundation presses
for his disbarment in Arkansas
By David M. Bresnahan
© 1999 WorldNetDaily.com
The Supreme Court of Arkansas has ignored a formal
complaint to consider disciplinary action against attorney
Bill Clinton, but now it may be forced to take action.
In September 1998 the Southeastern Legal Foundation
filed a complaint with the Arkansas Supreme Court
Committee on Professional Conduct, the organization
that has authority to disbar an attorney for that state ( http://www.southeasternlegal.org/clinton.htm ).
The actions of President Clinton in the Paula Jones
lawsuit caused the complaint to be filed. There has been
no action on the complaint. Matthew J. Glavin, SLF
president, has decided to force the court to act.
The SLF has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus
action to force the court to respond ( http://www.southeasternlegal.org/arkpetition.html ). A writ of
mandamus, if granted, would be a court order to
perform as required by law. Glavin believes the law
clearly requires the Committee on Professional Conduct
to consider the complaint and take some sort of action.
A writ of mandamus would order the committee to
proceed.
Glavin told WorldNetDaily that the rules and
procedures set up by the Arkansas Supreme Court for
members of the bar are clear and compel the committee
to act in a timely way.
"The failure of the Arkansas legal ethics body to take
the required steps to discipline attorney William
Jefferson Clinton, in the face of a federal judge's
contempt citation, is tantamount to dereliction of duty,"
said Glavin.
Federal district court judge Susan Webber Wright, the
presiding judge in the Paula Jones case, issued a civil
contempt citation for President Clinton's
misrepresentations under oath.
The citation issued in April, states in part: "It is not
acceptable to employ deceptions and falsehoods in an
attempt to obstruct the judicial process."
The citation also mentioned an even higher standard
expected of President Clinton because of his position.
Wright added that the president's "conduct in this case,
coming as it did from a member of the bar and the chief
law enforcement officer of this nation, was without
justification and undermined the integrity of the judicial
system."
President Clinton's attorneys did not appeal the civil
contempt citation.
"With the filing of the mandamus action today, we hope
to kick-start the necessary investigatory process. As
officers of the court, lawyers swear to an oath to tell the
truth, defend the Constitution, and live by the laws that
govern us all. And when a lawyer becomes an elected
official, that duty is raised to a higher level because
public confidence in the legal system becomes an issue,"
said L. Lynn Hogue, constitutional law professor and
SLF legal counsel.
James Neal, executive director of the Committee on
Professional Conduct told WorldNetDaily he cannot
confirm nor deny the existence of any particular
complaint before his committee.
Neal had previously told WorldNetDaily that, if such a
complaint were presented to his committee, it would be
held until all legal action against the president had been
completed.
"We do not have a statute of limitation, so we're not
required to file in a certain period of time," said Neal.
Glavin disagrees and expects a writ of mandamus to be
issued within days, which will force Neal to act.
The final disposition of the Paula Jones case has been
completed, and Wright forwarded the contempt citation
against President Clinton to Neal's committee. State law
requires an automatic formal complaint be instituted
against an attorney who receives a civil contempt
citation. Despite the law, no action has been taken in
this case.
"When a lawyer violates his professional oath, lies
before a court of law, and undermines public confidence
in the rule of law, that lawyer should be punished,"
Glavin said by phone.
The committee may take various disciplinary steps,
including disbarment.
The Southeastern Legal Foundation ( http://www.southeasternlegal.org )is a public interest
law firm founded in 1976. It is located in Atlanta.
David M. Bresnahan is an investigative journalist
for WorldNetDaily.com [/quote]
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!