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On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 15:29:06 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote in :: 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 ... |
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