On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 15:29:06 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote in
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Clinton lied under oath.


What do *you* believe was his lie?


According to the logic espoused by the law professor in this link:
http://lawreview.kentlaw.edu/articles/79-3/Tiersma.pdf it's not
entirely clear that Clinton actually did lie. At any rate, what a
president does in his private life, as long as it's not criminal,
unconstitutional and has no affect on his sworn duties, is no ones
business but his.

DID CLINTON LIE?: DEFINING “SEXUAL RELATIONS”
PETER TIERSMA*

With the impeachment proceedings against President Clinton
now a distant memory, we can step back and consider the matter
somewhat more dispassionately than was possible in the midst of
such an intense and highly politicized debate. The focus of the
impeachment hearings was on whether Clinton perjured himself and
engaged in obstruction of justice when answering questions
relating to the nature of his relationship with a former White
House intern, Monica Lewinsky. I will limit my observations in
this Article to the question of whether Clinton committed perjury,
and in particular, I will focus on whether he lied when he denied
having had a “sexual relationship” with Lewinsky.

Yet the real subject of this Article is not the Clinton
impeachment, nor is it primarily about perjury law, although I
will have things to say about each. It is really about ...