Ex-President Clinton resigns from Supreme Court bar rather than fight suspension

AP ^ | 11/9/01 | ANNE GEARAN

[truthandlife]

Former President Clinton asked to resign from the Supreme Court bar Friday, rather than fight suspension or disbarment related to the Paula Jones sexual harassment investigation.

The high court suspended Clinton Oct. 1 as a follow-up to suspension of his law license in his home state of Arkansas. The high court gave Clinton until Friday to say why he should not be permanently barred from appearing before the high court as a lawyer.

Clinton lawyer David Kendall, in a letter to the court clerk, linked Clinton's request to the loss of his Arkansas law license.

On Jan. 19, a day before he left office, Clinton agreed to a 5-year suspension of the license and a $25,000 fine as part of a settlement that ended the Monica Lewinsky investigation. Independent Counsel Robert Ray agreed not to prosecute Clinton after he left office.

The agreement also satisfied the legal effort by the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct to disbar Clinton for giving misleading testimony in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case.

"In order to avoid the burden of litigation for all parties, to achieve an expeditious and definitive resolution, and in acknowledgment that his actions merited censure, former President Clinton agreed to the suspension and fine," Kendall wrote Friday.

The high court could act on Clinton's request as soon as Tuesday.

Supreme Court disbarment typically follows disbarment in lower courts, and is considered final. In a few cases, lawyers who have successfully regained their law licenses in lower courts have successfully won reinstatement at the Supreme Court. Likewise, Clinton could reapply if he regains his law license, in Arkansas or elsewhere, and keeps it blemish-free for three years.

Membership in the Supreme Court bar is largely ceremonial, but is regarded as an honor among lawyers. Membership requires a sponsor who is already a member, and who will vouch for the candidate's qualifications.

Clinton was admitted to the Supreme Court bar in 1977, when he was Arkansas attorney general. Like most lawyers admitted to the high court bar, Clinton has never argued a case before it.

[johniegrad]

The Clinton Legacy continues.

[Teacher317]

Shoot! Where was this quitter attitude during his impeachment?

[Petronski]

Bwa ha ha ha ha ha!

[TheMole]

Exactly as some posters here predicted. His lackeys made noise about the injustice of it all for the media's benefit, and then waited almost to the end of the time given to appeal before dropping the whole thing as quietly as possible.

[TommyDale]

One word -- D-I-S-G-R-A-C-E !!

[RippleFire]

Hey Bubba, don't let the door hit you on the butt!

[Peter W. Kessler]

bill clinton is a stinking lump of excrement from the lowest form of life on earth. He resides in a dank, fetid sewer of human filth and degradation, wallowing in the muck and bodily waste of other low forms of life.

[syriacus]

In order to avoid the burden of litigation for all parties, to achieve an expeditious and definitive resolution, and in acknowledgment that his actions merited censure, former President Clinton agreed to the suspension and fine," Kendall wrote Friday.

IS this mean what I think it IS mean?

[Zoey]

LOL. I was looking forward to seeing the Supreme Court drop kick him. Too bad he gave up without a fight.

[Cicero]

Don't hold back, tell us what you really think!

[Dog]

CLINTON IS A QUITTER!!!!!

[KC Burke]

The article says:
"In order to avoid the burden of litigation for all parties, to achieve an expeditious and definitive resolution, and in acknowledgment that his actions merited censure, former President Clinton agreed to the suspension and fine," Kendall wrote Friday.

Actually, they are trying to have him resign and dodge the embarassment of disbarment again, here, as in his settlement that dodged the Arkansas Disbarment. Clinton will dodge and dodge until he can claim it was really just partisan politics...."after all," he will claim, "I was never actually convicted in Impeachment, Disbared in Arkansas, Disbared off the Supreme Court....I just did the necessary noble moves to benefit the nation."

[Native American Female Vet]

Peter..now why don't ya tell us what you really think. LOL

[bwteim]

LOL!

[Teacup]

Heck! With all the money he's making giving speeches, and Hillary's 8 million dollar book deal. Who needs a law license? Don't forget. Bubba had one Million dollars in his checking account for walking around money. ERRRR!

[harpseal]

Well said but I believe you forgot to weave in the word putrescent. I read your description of Clinton and I think you caught the essence of the man but as I ahve often tried to descibe him and failed in understatement of how vile he truly is I bow to your exellently worded description.

Stay well - Stay safe - stay armed - Yorktown

[Teacup]

BAWAWAHAHA! Good one Peter. (Hey, how ya been?)

[Uncle George]

He cant resign; He was TERMINATED, fired, canned, pink sliped, caught lieing too many times.

[Illbay]

In historical terms, the only difference between Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon will be seen as "Tricky Dick knew when it was time to go."

[Ditto]

His lackeys made noise about the injustice of it all for the media's benefit, and then waited almost to the end of the time given to appeal before dropping the whole thing as quietly as possible.

And on Friday afternoon no less so it will be old news by Monday. Where have we seen this before? ;~))

[Mr.Smorch]

It might be paybacks resulting from clinton's great-great uncle having served in the army of the CSA.

[Peter W. Kessler]

putrescent

Yeah! That, too!!!

Thanks!

[Phlap]

No guts no glory. And I was so looking foreward to his defence. I needed a laugh.

[ST.LOUIE1]

Thanks for the post.

Always fun to read about 'bubba' getting it in the neck.

[Peter W. Kessler]

bill clinton is a stinking lump of excrement from the lowest form of life on earth. He resides in a dank, fetid sewer of human filth and degradation, wallowing in the putrescent muck and bodily waste of other low forms of life. Yup. That's it.

[irish_lad]

So..how do you really feel?

[metesky]

Quit patty-cakin', Peter. Take the damn gloves off!

[AlaskaErik]

Membership requires a sponsor who is already a member, and who will vouch for the candidate's qualifications.

How about their honor and character? Oh, I forgot...we're talking about lawyers here.

[white trash redneck]

You can't fire me -- I quit!

[Fred Mertz]

Thanks. I needed to end the work week with some good news. hehehe

[harpseal]

I am honored to be able to assist in this noble effort to accurately describe the incedibily fetid individual who so sullied our nation.

Stay well - Stay safe - stay armed - Yorktown

[henbane]

On Jan. 19, a day before he left office, Clinton agreed to a 5-year suspension of the license and a $25,000 fine as part of a settlement that ended the Monica Lewinsky investigation. Independent Counsel Robert Ray agreed not to prosecute Clinton after he left office.

Clinton's humiliation will be soft-pedaled in a very minor key by the media, when full prosecution of Bubba for blatant felonious perjury should have taken place.

A full-blown court case would have forced the lamestream into presenting the specific details of Clinton's premeditated and criminal lying--dispicably done right in the Courtroom of his former law student.

All questions concerning the reason for Clinton's Impeachment would have been clarified and the issue finally laid to rest.

Ray's cutting a deal with Clinton and his gang of shyster lawyers was A BIG MISTAKE.

[Marysecretary]

And caught laying too many times. But that depended on what your definition of is is.

[JulieRNR21]

and in acknowledgment that his actions merited censure, former President Clinton agreed to the suspension and fine," Kendall wrote Friday.

His actions merited censure.....????

HE LIED UNDER OATH! HE COMMITTED PERJURY!

Of course he'll try to rewrite history in his 'Taj Mahal Libary' but Ray's & the Supreme Court's actions are now on record for history!

Do you remember that not one Justice of the Supreme Court attended his last State of the Union Address? I wonder if even the liberals couldn't ignore his blatant disregard of the Law & the Constitution he had sworn to uphold?

[Frohickey]

Personally, I'd like for Clinton, both of them, to be fighting every single thing in court.

By now, the donations into their legal defense funds are drying up, and its good to milk these bastages of their funds and give them to their lawyers.

Who would have thought? Lawyers are actually a higher life form than the Clintons.

[OldFriend]

They might yet take action rather than let him come back another day.

[Jack Wilson]

bill clinton is a stinking lump of excrement from the lowest form of life on earth. He resides in a dank, fetid sewer of human filth and degradation, wallowing in the muck and bodily waste of other low forms of life.

Aside from that, how would you rate him?

[PBRSTREETGANG]

They should give him a bronze sink as a parting gift.

[Marysecretary]

I like you, Peter, you don't mince words. Truth is truth.

[EaglesUpForever]

HE LIED UNDER OATH! HE COMMITTED PERJURY!

And that is the tip of the iceberg for this "President". His legacy is 9/11, the other offenses are starting to look tame by comparison.

[LN2Campy]

seems I've read that elsewhere, but I never mind seeing it again and again!!

[LarryLied]

Don't recall exactly but when this first began an ABA or other regulation was changed allowing nonlawyers to be partners in law firms. The freeper consensus at the time was that the change was specially designed to help Clinton should he lose his law license. I probably have this garbled. Anyone remember the exact details?

[homeschool mama]

x42id = EX President #42 Impeached & Disbarred

Nice ring to it, huh?!

[PISANO]

You think that highly of him huh? < /sarcasm >

[spectre]

Ditto!... I'll bet those are only the good things you have to say about him, Peter....LOL!

sw

[goldstategop]

How about plain lily livered yellow bellied COWARD? X42 claims to be an innocent persecuted victim of the vast right wing conspiracy BUT when push comes to shove he tucks tail and flees the scene of the battle. Which is just as well since even the LIBERALS on the U.S Supreme Court have no regard for him whatsoever. When Bill Clinton had the power he was willing to hold out to the very end but now when he can't get his friends to argue on his behalf and can't intimidate his enemies, he's decided its time to cut his losses. After all we've seen letting his expulsion from the SCOTUS bar stand is very fitting indeed and he's the only President in American history to earn the disgrace of not being allowed to argue before our nation's highest court. Now that I call good news in the light of what he said in that Georgetown address the day before... ;-)

[Capt_Hank]

Now I wonder if ABC, CBS and NBC will report on this tonight?

[goldstategop]

Nahhh... the Clinton lovers will let this one sink into the memory hole. As far as they're concerned nothing will ever smirch the halo of their heroooooooooooooo