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...Leave him alone." In plain English those three words sum up the case Bill Clinton's attorney will soon argue in his effort to defer Paula Jones' sexual- harassment lawsuit until the President leaves office. The drift of lawyer Robert Bennett's thinking has been known for some time, but sources familiar with the latest version of his brief, and the impressive appendix of historical writings that supports it, have provided TIME with the details of Bennett's argument. The key points, which highlight the inextricable connection of political and legal considerations, are these...
...Jones lawsuit is a case of first impression, meaning that the courts have never before been asked to rule on the essential question: Does presidential immunity extend to conduct allegedly undertaken before a Chief Executive assumes office? Bennett will assert that the logic applied by the Supreme Court in its 1982 ruling in Nixon v. Fitzgerald should apply here as well. (After telling Congress that cost overruns on the C-5A transport plane could reach $2 billion, Ernest Fitzgerald, an Air Force management analyst, was fired. President Nixon took responsibility for his dismissal, and Fitzgerald sued Nixon for damages...
President Clinton will ask a court to delay the Paula Jones sexual harrassment lawsuit until after he leaves office. Clinton's attorney in the case, Robert Bennett, filed papers today in Little Rock's federal district court saying the president would make his case for special immunity by Aug. 5. The lines of argument will probably follow a Supreme Court ruling that former President Nixon could not be sued for certain actions taken while in office. The problem with presidential immunity in this case: Jones alleges she was harrassed by Clinton when he was still governor...
...Virginia judge threw out a lawsuit by landowners and residents to stop Disney's giant historical theme park in Prince William County, Va. A grassroots group, "Protect Prince William Limited," wanted to block the prospective $650 million, "Disney's America" development west of Washington, which has drawn fire on editorial pages across the country but got an endorsement from the state's pro-business governor, Republican George Allen. The losers were even more annoyed when the judge declined to explain his action...