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HenchPAC NewsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Half the members of a state panel with the power to strip President Clinton of his law license have bowed out of the case.
The recusals leave barely enough members to consider whether to discipline him for lying under oath in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case.
The 14-member Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct meets Friday and could consider two requests that Clinton be disciplined.
The committee did not say Thursday why any of the seven committee members removed themselves. Four had contributed to Clinton's presidential campaigns or to other Democratic Party candidates.
''It is heartening to know that Arkansas Committee members who have recused themselves for apparent or perceived political reasons are helping to maintain the integrity of this process,'' said Matthew Glavin, president of the Southeastern Legal Foundation of Atlanta, which filed one of the two complaints.
The committee also lost an alternate member when his term expired this spring, leaving five lawyers and a lay person, Chairman Ken Reeves said Thursday. Four votes are needed to impose sanctions.
The foundation and U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright referred Clinton to the conduct committee, saying the president lied under oath in the Jones case by denying he had a sexual relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
Wright also cited Clinton for civil contempt last year and fined him $90,000 for giving ''intentionally false'' testimony.
Glavin has said he wants Clinton disbarred for the lies and for obstructing justice. Wright has not publicly suggested a penalty.
Clinton seeks something no harsher than a letter of reprimand, Glavin said last week, citing Clinton's still-unreleased response.
HENCH adds: NOBODY wants to have to sit on the panel and vote NO!
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