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...lawsuit brought by a woman who claims she was sexually harassed at the gathering, a federal judge has ruled. The ruling found that the report was based on hearsay and is not trustworthy enough to be used in the courtroom. "This is a blow for Navy Lieut. Paula Coughlin (who has filed the lawsuit)," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "You came away from the report thinking she was completely the victim." But adds Thompson: the report "was never intended to stand up to legal standards -- it was just trying to tell the story of what happened...
...Justice Department is backing up President Clinton's attempt to put Paula Corbin Jones' sexual harassment suit on the courts' back burner until his presideny expires. In a brief filed today titled "Statement of Interest of the United States," the Department said presidents generally should not have to defend themselves against private suits based on pre-presidential acts. Whether that holds up in the case of DOJ's current boss, however, is still up to the courts...
...Solicitor General, the government's lawyer in Supreme Court cases, a role in which he argued in favor of a flag-burning ban. In 1990 Starr was on Bush's short list for the Supreme Court. Starr has argued against President Clinton's request for temporary immunity from the Paula Jones sexual-harassment lawsuit. Starr told TIME, "The President cannot violate the law as a citizen and then say with impunity, 'Wait until the year 2001.' " He added, "The immunity doctrine is ancient and important, but it is limited. It is a doctrine of law that protects the presidency...
President Clinton claimed presidential immunity from a sexual-harassment lawsuit filed by Paula Corbin Jones. In legal documents filed in an Arkansas federal court, Clinton denied Jones' charges that he solicited oral sex from her, and he asked that the complaint be dismissed until after he leaves office. Clinton's lawyers said Jones' actions "will do great damage to the institution of the presidency...
President Clinton's attorney said that the newly appointed Whitewater investigator has shown his bias and should give up the job. Kenneth Starr, a Republican, criticized the president's recent claim that he be granted immunity from the unrelated Paula Jones sexual-harassment lawsuit. Starr's criticism of the President makes any decision he makes "compromised," said Clinton counsel Robert Bennett. Starr says he'll do his best to be impartial...