Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...said, she said" dispute with the President of the United States. Former Clinton adviser James Carville wisecracked that if you "drag $100 bills through trailer parks, there's no telling what you'll find." Clinton lawyer Bob Bennett has dismissed the suit as "tabloid trash with a legal caption on it" and once boasted that in a trial he could win the case in 20 minutes...
...quietly, in the legal arena, Clinton has pinned his hopes on a more cautious strategy: asserting that the Constitution protects sitting Presidents from having to answer civil lawsuits. Clinton v. Jones, which is being argued in the Supreme Court this week, promises to be the most important "presidential privilege" case since the court ordered Nixon to hand over the Watergate tapes, despite his claims of confidentiality, because they were needed for a criminal prosecution. And it is shaping up to be a virtual must-win legal battle for Clinton, who is asking the Supreme Court to move beyond existing precedents...
...knee injuries, weight gain and the distractions of stardom. On Tuesday, police charged Baiul, 19, who now lives in Connecticut, with drinking and reckless driving in the accident over the weekend. Baiul, whose blood alcohol easily exceeded the state limit, and who is two years short of the legal drinking age of 21, was released on her own recognizance and is now recovering at home in Simsbury, Conn. from a concussion and scalp cut. Also injured in the crash was fellow Ukrainian skater Ararat Zakarian, 30, who suffered a broken finger. The two were returning to Baiul's home after...
...Justice Anthony Kennedy said the potential for intrusion "argues strongly for the absolute privilege that (Clinton's lawyers) are suggesting." Jones attorney Gilbert Davis countered that to grant the President even temporary immunity is to place him above the law. Monday's hearing was the third time this legal issue has been aired before a federal bench, with the courts splitting on the decision. A federal judge in Arkansas had ruled the trial must be delayed until Clinton leaves office, but that the evidence discovery process could proceed. That ruling was overturned by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
...Since the protected status umbrella ended on the 31st, there are tenants who will refuse to be evicted," he said. "For them and others, we are going to be involved in getting legal services...