Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...President Clinton has finally been punished for his wrongdoing in the Monica Lewinsky scandal. On Monday Judge Susan Webber Wright ruled Clinton was in contempt of court for giving "intentionally false" testimony in the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit. The president has been ordered to compensate Jones for any legal expenses that resulted Jones for any legal expenses that resulted from his misleading testimony...
Perhaps more than anything, Monday's ruling was a victory for common sense and the sanctity of the English language. The line between truth and falsehood-so oblivious to most of the American people despite the efforts of the president and his legal team-has finally been affirmed by an official voice...
About 200 students from a local high school gathered at Harvard Law School (HLS) yesterday for a deliberative forum led by Melrose Place star Andrew Shue and Lawrence Lessig, Berkman professor of entrepreneurial legal studies...
...said he had followed the same path as the Speaker, moving from emotional support of the death penalty to opposition based on the possibility of a legal error leading to a fatal mistake...
...said he had followed the same path as the Speaker, moving from emotional support of the death penalty to opposition based on the possibility of a legal error leading to a fatal mistake...