-Caveat Lector- -----Original Message----- From: bd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: alt.society.liberalism,talk.politics.misc,alt.politics.usa.republican,alt.po litics.usa.congress,alt.politics.clinton,alt.politics.democrats.d,alt.societ y.conservatism,alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater Date: Sunday, January 24, 1999 3:20 PM Subject: Hatch would set bad precedent, imo >From: >http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/REPORTS/SCANDAL/STORIES/lat_impeach990123. htm > > >Saturday, January 23, 1999 >Key Senator to Move to End Clinton's Trial > Impeach: Byrd's plan would call for vote to dismiss charges. GOP's >Hatch hints that time may be right to halt proceedings. >/snip/ >By RICHARD A. SERRANO and EDWIN CHEN, Times Staff Writers > > In another potential blow to the prosecution effort, the >Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee unveiled his own >plan for ending the case quickly. Sen. Orrin G. Hatch of Utah said >that, with any vote to remove Clinton unlikely to get the required >two-thirds majority, the trial should adjourn after a small number of >witnesses are deposed and the House impeachment vote of Clinton should >be cited by the Senate as the "highest form of censure for these >despicable acts." > >--------------------- > > >The problem with this 'citing' is that it would invite the House in >the future to send up non-convictable impeachments as censure. This is >not a good precedent. A bill of impeachment is an official thing that >ties up the government till it is resolved. This should not be >encouraged. > > >BD > >***************************************************** >We need an "Ordinary Citizens' Bill of Rights"! >Organizing against impeachment: >http://www.rain.org/%7eopenmind/stopcoup.htm >http://www.pfaw.org -- http://www.moveon.org >The Eight Classic Moral Principles: >http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/4809/ >***************************************************** DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
