Clinton Resigns from Supreme Court Bar Rather than Fight Suspension!
Clinton Resigns from Supreme Court Bar Rather than Fight Suspension!
Supreme Serving of Justice - Finally
RICH KNEW OF PARDON 'BEFORE US OFFICIALS'
Roger Clinton Will Be Indicted, Reporters Who Broke Story Predict
U.S. Attorney White Keeps the Iron Hot
ARREST CLINTON & U.S. CORPORATE TRAITORS!
Clinton Pays Fine in Law Suspension
Roger Clinton Hit With Grand Jury Pardongate Subpoena!
PARDON PROBERS PUT HEAT ON FORMER CLINTON AIDE
CLINTONS CLAM UP ON PARDON QUERIES
Investigators Look Into the Role of Cheryl Mills
Grand Jury Subpoenas Clinton Pardon Records
President Carter Sees Quid Pro Quo in Rich Pardon
U.S. Attorney Launches Criminal Probe of Rich Pardon!
Clinton and Ray Cut Deal - Slick Skates Again!
- White House Visit Set in Motion Clinton Deal to End Inquiry
Ray Convinced Evidence Strong Enough to Convict Clinton
Judge Delays Clinton Disbarment Case
Judge Steps Down Before Trying Clinton Disbarment - New Judge is Clinton Appointee Willard Proctor
Ruling Delays Clinton Disbarment
Fact-finding Briefs Filed in Clinton Disbarment
Clinton Case Cited In Perjury Ruling
Clerk: Clinton Disbarment Case Probably Won't be Heard Until Next Year
Clinton Is Angry and Dispirited Over Disbarment Fight, Friends Say
Klink Files Disbarment Response!
Clinton Seeks Disbarment Delay
Separate Bid To Get Clinton Disbarred Fails
Another Judge Steps Aside, Clinton Disbarment Case Goes to GOP Appointee!
Two More Clinton Appointees Decline to Hear Disbarment Case
Second Judge Declines Clinton Disbarment Case
Clinton Defense Team Will Claim He's Just Like Everyone Else
Arkansas Committee Sues Clinton!
Arkansas Governor Huckabee Says Clinton Will Probably be Disbarred!
Attorney Picked to Present Clinton Disbarment Case
5-26 Update: Arkansas Bar has disbarred EVERY attorney recommended by SC ethics committee! Bill will need a miracle to keep his license from being stripped!
5-22 Update: ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CLINTON BE DISBARRED!
5-19 Update: The Arkansas State Supreme Court met today, (in reduced numbers, see article below) but since they do not have press conferences it will take several days before we find out if they voted on disbarring Klink, and the result.
7 Bow Out of Clinton Disbarment Case!
IT DEPENDS ON THE MEANING OF 'FALSE'
Clinton Blames Judge’s "Definition of Sexual Relations" for His Problems
NO END IN SIGHT: THE LONG DISBARMENT
4/29 Update - May 19th or before!
ATLANTA -- The man who has spearheaded a drive to disbar Bill Clinton said he is surprised the president's written response to the charges is so "pathetic," and is "more convinced than ever" that Clinton's days as a lawyer are numbered.
The complaint which brought Clinton's right to practice law into question came from the Southeastern Legal Foundation, a public interest law firm.
It was first filed in September 1998 by Arkansas attorney L. Lynn Hogue, followed by a long period of inaction -- until the Arkansas Supreme Court stepped-in and forced the process along.
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright, who presided over the Paula Jones sexual harassment case, also filed a complaint against Clinton after she cited him for contempt of court and fined him $90,000.
Clinton was served notice of the complaint and given until April 21 to submit a response. He had attempted to have the process delayed until after he is out of office but the Arkansas Committee on Professional Conduct refused his request.
Last week's deadline came and went with no word from Clinton, the committee, or Clinton's attorney David Kendall. Then, Friday, Southeastern Legal Foundation President Matthew J. Glavin said he had received a copy of Clinton's written response.
"There were absolutely no surprises. That's what was remarkable about it. There's nothing new here," said Glavin in an exclusive interview with WorldNetDaily.
Glavin could not divulge the exact wording of the Clinton response because it is privileged. If it is to be made public, it must come directly from Kendall.
"The arguments are exactly what you would expect them to be and they are the same arguments we heard the president make during the impeachment process," Glavin said.
"I can't go and talk about the specific arguments but, let me tell you, it was really a rather pathetic attempt at defending the indefensible."
The complaint against Clinton is based on Clinton's efforts to deceive the court, Congress and the American people during the impeachment proceedings and the Paula Jones civil case.
The American Bar Association provides guidelines to state bar associations that clearly indicate Clinton's actions merit disbarment, according to Glavin.
Actions by a lawyer in public office, such as those by Clinton, are considered to be so serious that immediate action should be taken, according to the ABA.
When a lawyer has engaged in "intentional interference with the administration of justice, false swearing, misrepresentation, fraud," or when "a lawyer engages in any other intentional conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation," then the lawyer should be suspended "from the practice of law immediately pending a final determination of the ultimate discipline to be imposed," according to the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility in its guidelines, "Standards for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions."
Clinton's 85-page response contains over 300 pages of footnotes. Glavin said it contains no surprises and will be easy for his law firm to respond.
"We wanted to see how the president's response was put together from an organizational standpoint. That gave us a little bit of an idea on how we want to organize our response but, in terms of the arguments, we had all the arguments in place prior to receiving the response. It was exactly what we expected," explained Glavin.
Clinton has the option of asking for a hearing on the complaints. He has not made such a request, however. A hearing would be open to the public while the current process is not.
Once Glavin's rebuttal has been received by the committee, members of the committee will receive a copy of all the documents from all parties and will vote on the matter without discussion.
If they vote to disbar Clinton, he will be given a chance to voluntarily surrender his license rather than have it taken from him.
Now that Glavin has read the defense filed by Clinton, Glavin said he is "more convinced than ever" that the committee will have no other choice than to vote for disbarment.
Final action on the complaint is expected to take place on or before May 19, according to committee chairman Kenneth Reeves.
Why Should Bill be Disbarred?
Same reasons he should be removed from our White House:
Lying Under Oath as a Lawyer
Lying Under Oath as Attorney General
Lying Under Oath as Governor - 5 times
Lying Under Oath as President - 2 times
Lying Under Oath in a Deposition
Lying Under Oath to a Grand Jury
Witness Tampering
Jury Tampering
Abuse of Power
Obstruction of Justice
Perjury
Subornation of Perjury
Bribery
Treason
Sexual Harassment
Conduct Unbecoming a President
Grand Larceny
Extortion
Character Defamation
Blackmail
Substance Abuse
Evidence Suppression
Voter Fraud
Destruction of Evidence
Political Espionage
Misuse of Government Files
Violation of the Privacy Act
Conflict of Interests
Evisceration of the Right to Habeas Corpus
Misuse of Taxpayer Funds
Theft of Government Property
Revealing Classified National Security Data
Aiding and Abetting Drug Traffic
Aiding and Abetting Organized Crime
Murder by Accessory by Witness Tampering
Murder by Accessory by Forgery
Foreign Influence Peddling
Racketeering
Contributing to the Delinquincy of a Minor
Interfering with a Court Order
Rape
KidnappingPick which ever one you like, he's done them all.
4/28/00 Disbarment Update
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- A conservative group said Friday that President Clinton admits in sealed papers that he made misleading statements in the Monica Lewinsky scandal while denying committing perjury or obstruction.
Matthew Glavin, president of the Southeastern Legal Foundation, said Clinton also argues in the 85-page document that his position as president should weigh in favor of his keeping his license to practice law in Arkansas.
Clinton's arguments to an Arkansas Supreme Court committee is in response to a complaint by the Atlanta-based foundation seeking to disbar Clinton for his 1998 testimony denying that he'd had a sexual relationship with Ms. Lewinsky.
``We have no intention of putting'' Clinton's filing on the public record,'' White House spokesman Joe Lockhart told reporters.
Some details of Clinton's filing will come out when the foundation submits its rebuttal May 5.
Glavin called the president's arguments ``a pathetic attempt to defend the indefensible. He denies everything, which is exactly why he should be disbarred, because he still doesn't recognize the fact the did anything wrong.''
We Find Out May 1st
President Clinton has responded to a request that he be disbarred for false testimony given in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case. The court will hold the response under seal for ten days, meaning it will be released May 1st for all to see. Get some popcorn and a beer, this is going to be one funny comedy show.
Clinton Responds To Disbarment
WASHINGTON 4/21/00 (AP) - President Clinton has responded to a request that he be disbarred for false testimony given in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case, a Clinton administration official said Friday.
Arkansas' Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct set a deadline of Friday for the president to answer accusations against him.
``All deadlines have been met,'' said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Clinton's lawyer, David Kendall, did not return telephone calls seeking comment. Both a federal judge and the Southeastern Legal Foundation in Atlanta filed complaints against Clinton. The judge referred the matter to the state Supreme Court committee after finding Clinton in contempt of court last year. The law group had filed its complaint earlier.
Generally, the committee's work is private, though parties can release material.
Matt Glavin, Southeastern Legal Foundation president, said Friday he had no word on Clinton's response.
Possible sanctions, if any, against the president could range from censure to a disbarment recommendation to the Pulaski County Circuit Court. Glavin said Clinton should be disbarred.
The first complaint seeking to revoke Clinton's Arkansas law license was filed on Sept. 15, 1998, by the Atlanta foundation.
The second complaint arose automatically under state law when U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright found Clinton in contempt of court on April 12, 1999, for lying about his sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky, the former White House intern.
The president's law license was renewed Feb. 29, for a $100 fee, though it was not clear whether Clinton paid the money or someone else did so.
Although complaints before the professional conduct committee are handled in private, details of the Clinton case were publicized by the state Supreme Court on Jan. 27 when the court directed its professional conduct committee to act. March 16 was the original deadline for Clinton to respond, but he received an extension.
HENCH adds: Of course, we don't know what kind of scummy bullshit lie the first freek tried this time, because he won't release it. During the Paula Jones case, he tried to have the case delayed because, as sitting President and commander-in-briefs, er, chief, he was "on active military duty." REJECTED. Then, during impeachment, when Republicans said that a soldier caught doing the same would be dishonorably discharged, he claimed he wasn't part of the military, but was civilian. Let's hope some wanna-make-a-name-for-themself reporter gets the filing and releases it.
ARKANSAS DENIES KLINK DELAY ATTEMPT!
3-17-2000
Bill Clinton got more bad news today. The Arkansas Supreme Court Justices that are overseeing his disbarment have rejected his appeal to have the procedings delayed until after his term as President is over. Clinton was given thirty days to respond after being served last month. He now has until April 21st to respond. This virtually assures that Bill Clinton will be the first sitting President to be disbarred, adding to his long list of dubious Presidential "firsts." If he is disbarred, it is highly likely that he will be indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice shortly after turning the keys over to the new White House occupant. Yep, add another "first" to Slick's long list.
- Clinton Renews Law License!
Source: WorldNetDaily
Published: March 15, 2000 Author: David M. BresnahanArkansas disbarment proceedings still looming
Less than two weeks after notification that he faces disbarment as a lawyer, President Bill Clinton paid $100 to renew his license to practice law -- an indication that he may plan to fight charges against him.
The deadline for a response to the formal ethics violation complaint has now passed, but Arkansas officials refuse to confirm or deny whether a response has been received. Arkansas attorney L. Lynn Hogue filed a formal complaint, on behalf of the Southeastern Legal Foundation, asking Arkansas to take away Clinton's right to practice law. It was first filed on September 15, 1998, as reported by WorldNetDaily. Hogue, who is licensed to practice law in Arkansas, now lives and works in Georgia where he is also licensed.
Southeastern Legal Foundation President Matthew J. Glavin said he has not been informed of the exact date on which the certified mail notice was delivered to the White House containing the complaint, but estimates that notice was served on or about Feb. 14, which would mean today is the deadline for Clinton to respond.
The Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct handles complaints against lawyers in Clinton's home state. When the committee failed to respond to the complaint, Glavin's foundation forced the committee to take action with a writ of mandamus from the Arkansas Supreme Court.
President Clinton faces disbarment in his home state of Arkansas Hogue's complaint was based on Clinton's untruthful testimony in the Paula Jones case. Later, Federal District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright's civil contempt citation for Clinton's misrepresentations made under oath in the Jones case was added to the complaint. Wright was the presiding judge in the case.
Clinton did not file an appeal to the citation, so there is no question of fact in the ethics violation, according to Glavin. Committee member and attorney Kenneth Reeves told WorldNetDaily that Glavin is correct, but would not say if this would mean automatic disbarment.
Wright's citation states in part: "It is not acceptable to employ deceptions and falsehoods in an attempt to obstruct the judicial process."
Now there seems to be a question over the date by which Clinton must respond to the charges.
Glavin told WorldNetDaily he has not received any official communication from the committee. A spokesman for Clinton's personal lawyer, David E. Kendall, would not comment on the case and Kendall was not available for comment.
"I'm not at liberty to comment on that," said attorney James Neal, director of the committee, when WND inquired as to the correct deadline date.
"Cannot comment on that. You're not a complaining party or someone involved and our rules don't permit disclosure to third parties as a matter of routine," Neal said in a phone interview.
He noted that Clinton has 30 days to respond, according to the rules of the committee. Clinton's response could include a request for an extension of time.
If and when Clinton sends a response to Neal, it will not be made available to the public. It will only be provided to Hogue, and he will be given just 10 days to write a rebuttal to whatever Clinton may have to say.
"We will follow our procedural rules in that regard, and our procedural rules give guidance as to how we handle that. The rules say if a response is received, or when, the complaining party will be provided a copy of it within ten days. So those are the rules we go by," explained Neal.
Despite the fact that Neal said he plans to divulge his information only to the complaining party, Glavin told WorldNetDaily that he has not received any response to his requests for information.
WorldNetDaily previously reported that a certified letter was received by Clinton. A source within Neal's committee confirmed that the letter was mailed from Arkansas on February 9.
Neal would not say whether or not a response has been received, but he did say he does not have to tell Hogue and Southeastern Legal Foundation until 10 days after he hears from Clinton.
Glavin believes that Clinton might decide to surrender his license to practice law rather than be disbarred.
If the president decides to surrender his license, he must file a petition with the Arkansas Supreme Court. To date, no such request had been filed, according to a court employee.
Neal told WorldNetDaily that it is too early to expect Clinton to file such a request. He said that first Clinton would be notified as to his pending disbarment, and then he would be given a way out if he wants to surrender his license. Glavin believes Clinton may elect to take the surrender option to avoid additional negative publicity and to avoid additional stain on his presidency in his final year of office.
"We have procedures that permit a voluntary surrender of a license in lieu of formal disbarment proceedings, but by our rules, normally a surrender is not done until the committee has initiated or indicated to the respondent attorney that it's going to initiate a disbarment proceeding. I don't know of anything by our rules that would prohibit an attorney who had a complaint filed against him or her of offering to surrender. It just usually doesn't happen in that manner," explained Neal.
Clinton has not made any public comment about the disbarment complaint. This marks the first time in U.S. history that a sitting president has been the subject of a formal professional ethics violation charge.
HENCH adds: Let's see, there's his pending disbarment, the FileGate report on Hillary coming out this week, the TravelGate report implicating Bill & Hill, the hidden subpeonaed e-mails that Judge Lamberth is demanding, the ChinaGate missile-for-campaign-cash scandal that has now swallowed Gore, and the probable obstruction of justice and perjury indictments awaiting him the minute he leaves office. Keeping their asses in the White House and out of the Jail House (a.k.a. "The Work of the American People") is a 24/7/365 job for everyone there. And who is paying for it? Yep, we are.
Loyalty Oath for Arkansas Judges Could Impact Clinton Disbarment
Sunday February 13, 2000; 2:35 AM EST
"Arkansas Judges, remember, are required to swear a loyalty oath to the Democratic Party." (The Wall Street Journal -- December 15, 1993)
Friday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette report that President Clinton's financial backers will have a substantial say in his disbarment proceedings is disturbing to say the least.
Last April Little Rock Judge Susan Webber Wright found Clinton in contempt of court, an historic first, and referred the case to Arkansas' Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct for the president's possible disbarment. Wright was joined by the Southeastern Legal Foundation, a public interest law firm based in Atlanta, GA.
On Friday Clinton managed another historical first. Beyond being the first elected president to have been impeached, he became the first sitting president to be formally served with an official ethics complaint.
But five of the fourteen members of the Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct, it turns out, have opened their wallets for Clinton or other Democrats in past election cycles.
Still, given the state's political millieu, the real surprise here is that it's only five.
Not for nothing is the single statewide newspaper known as The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. And despite the new Republican regime in Little Rock, the Clintons still dominate the state's legal elite.
Though the conduct committee is comprised of mainly lawyers instead of loyalty oath-taking judges, the effect is the same. What Little Rock attorney thinks crossing the Clintons is a good career move, especially if he knows that one day he'll have to argue before a judge who has pledged allegiance to them?
Recall how a Democrat-appointed judge sprang stonewalling Whitewater convict Susan McDougal from jail as soon as she complained of a backache. But her husband Jim, who cooperated with investigators fully, was tossed into solitary confinement and denied his heart medication -- only to be discovered dead of a cardiac arrest the next morning.
All this, as a Little Rock grand jury weighed Clinton indictments. Anybody not get the message here?
A state where judges pledge allegiance to the Democratic Party isn't likely to disbar its Democrat favorite son president anytime soon.
10:44 a.m. ET (1544 GMT) February 10, 2000
President Clinton is being served with a formal legal ethics complaint that alleges he committed violations including "lying, deceit, perjury, fraud, dishonesty (and) untrustworthiness," Fox News has learned.
It is the first time in U.S. history that a sitting president has been made the subject of formal professional ethics violations and brought up on a formal complaint before a bar.
Sources said the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct sent the complaint to the White House Wednesday by certified mail — which means it could arrive as early as Thursday.
The complaint stems from allegations that Clinton lied under oath and obstructed justice in his appearance in the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright cited the president for contempt for those actions last April.
The allegations were raised by the Southeastern Legal Foundation, a conservative public-interest law firm based in Atlanta.
President Clinton is a member of the Arkansas State Bar; the complaint seeks to have him disbarred immediately. The complaint — which the President could receive in a matter of hours — states that the referral made by the Office of Independent Counsel to the House of Representatives during last year's impeachment proceedings shows, "His conduct involves lying, deceit, perjury, fraud, dishonesty, untrustworthiness, obstruction of justice, subornation of perjury, tampering with witnesses and other forms of misconduct inimical to and destructive of the administration of justice. As a man and as a lawyer, Mr. Clinton is utterly without shame and utterly without honor."
The complaint also states: "His conduct brings great discredit and great disgrace to the Arkansas legal profession. His status as a member of our Bar is an intolerable affront to the rule of law. Mr. Clinton should therefore be permanently disbarred."
According to Arkansas rules, President Clinton has 30 days from receipt of the complaint to respond. In the past, normal complaints for disbarment in Arkansas have taken from two to six months from the time a complaint has been served to a possible disbarment, which means Clinton could possibly be disbarred while still in office.
Former President Richard Nixon was served with a similar complaint after he left office and was ultimately disbarred in New York.
HENCH adds: HERE's your legacy, jerkweed!
Arkansas to Dicipline Klink?
For months, complaints about President Clinton's conduct in the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit against him have languished. Now, Arkansas' highest court has ordered action.
The state Supreme Court curtly instructed its professional-conduct committee Thursday to "take such action forthwith."
The order came on the same day Clinton went before Congress to deliver the final State of the Union message of his two-term presidency, riddled with ethical scandal and violation of his oath of office.
It was another sharp setback for the president who was impeached by the House of Representatives for having lied under oath in the case that led to the exposure of his illicit sexual relations in the Oval Office with Monica Lewinsky.
Clinton also lied under oath about that to a federal grand jury and on television to the American people.
Then he was held for contempt and fined nearly $100,000 for lying in a deposition in federal court.
Sixteen months had gone by since an Arkansas lawyer, L. Lynn Hogue, first petitioned the Arkansas Supreme Court's panel that disciplines licensed attorneys in that state to determine whether the president lied and obstructed justice in the Jones case.
Nothing happened.
Nine months had gone by since United States District Judge Susan Webber Wright, ruling that Clinton had given "intentionally false" testimony in the Jones case, referred the matter to the Arkansas ethics panel for action.
Still nothing happened.
So, on Dec, 13, 1999, Hogue had enough of nothing and this time petitioned the state's highest court to make its ethics panel and executive director, James Neal, do their job.
The court did, in these words:
"If Neal and the committee have failed to initiate the procedures required to initiate and process Hogue and Judge Wright's complaints, then we order they take such action forthwith."
The court's Committee on Professional Conduct has the power to revoke Clinton's license as an Arkansas lawyer and to impose other sanctions.
His lying under oath has already cost him financially and ruined his professional and personal reputation.
In addition to being only the second president impeached – although the Senate failed to convict and remove him from office – Clinton was held in contempt by Judge Wright for having lied in her court and fined $90,686.
Clinton paid the fine. He did not challenge the ruling.
In this latest instance of residual legal problems flowing from the Jones sexual-harassment suit against him, Clinton falls under the purview of the Arkansas Supreme Court because he is still licensed to practice law in that state, even though he hasn't in years.
At one time, Clinton was a professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law, attorney general of the state and then governor.
Arkansas bar rules say he must be disbarred.
The White House refuses to comment on the developments.....
HENCH adds: So he's unfit to be an attorney even in Arkansas (not an easy feat, mind you), but he's OK to be president? Pretty telling indicator of the state of America nowadays. His home state knows what a crook he is. How long will it take the rest of the nation?
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