-Caveat Lector- Arkansas judge says he'll keep Clinton case for now By JAMES JEFFERSON, Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (January 2, 2001 1:44 p.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com) - A newly elected judge who was appointed to a state office by then-Gov. Bill Clinton said Tuesday he won't consider recusing himself from the Clinton disbarment case unless he's asked. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Willard Proctor Jr., who inherited the state's petition to strip President Clinton of his law license, took office Monday. He replaces a temporary judge, Leon Johnson, who for months resisted a state committee's demand that he hear the Clinton disbarment case before the end of last year. Johnson decided to handle the case after four veteran judges withdrew, each citing the appearance of conflicts because of ties to Clinton, Arkansas' governor for 12 years before winning the presidency. In 1992, Clinton appointed Proctor to a five-year term on the state Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training. Lawyer Marie-B. Miller, who is acting as prosecutor in the Clinton case for the state Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct, complained about the delay in hearing the case in a September letter to Johnson and noted that Proctor would have a conflict if elected. "If they file motions requesting that I recuse, then I will consider those motions," Proctor said. "Somebody is going to have to ask me." Miller did not immediately return a call to her office seeking comment Tuesday. The professional conduct committee sued to have Clinton stripped of his license to practice law in his home state, alleging he was unfit to practice law because of misleading statements about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky in a 1998 deposition in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case. Clinton has said disbarment would be too harsh a punishment. Johnson was appointed to the Pulaski County bench in June to serve out the term of a judge who had been removed from office. Copyright � 2000 Nando Media ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions 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, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== 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
