SUPREME COURT DISBARS BILL CLINTON
The Supreme Court today announced that former President Bill Clinton is suspended from practicing law before the High Court, according to CNN. (
http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/10/01/scotus.clinton/ )The Court, in a one-sentence order said, "Bill Clinton, of New York, New York, is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court."
As is its custom, the Supreme Court gave no explanation for its order.
Supreme Court observers say such suspensions nearly always lead to permanent disbarments. In April, Clinton's Arkansas law license was suspended for five years and he paid a $25,000 fine. The original disbarment lawsuit was brought by a committee of the Arkansas Supreme Court.
The Cato book, "The Rule of Law in the Wake of Clinton," (
http://www.cato.org/cgi-bin/Web_store/web_store.cgi?page=ruleoflaw.html&cart_id=) explores President Clinton's abuses of the rule of law, with chapters by ACLU President Nadine Strossen, Sen. Fred Thompson (R - Tenn.), and Cato's Roger Pilon.
