Editorial: Clinton impeachment rests with the people
The Orange County Register argues the fate of President Clinton hinges on the public and Congress. It defends the impeachment inquiry as appropriate, faults the White House spin, and urges accountability for alleged misdeeds, while stressing the national value of the rule of law.
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Charles Schumer
D-N.y
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Bill Clinton
Arkansas
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Whitewater
Orange County
Calif
Can felons still play football at Princeton High
A Cincinnati reader surveys a high school case where a felon from another school joined Princeton High’s football team. The Ohio High School Athletic Association lacks bylaws banning convicted felons from playing. district officials say they cannot exclude him. The piece critiques legalism and questions justice versus discipline in schools.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
al Gore
Blair Irvin
Ohio High School Athletic Association
Dennis Peterson
America
Hollywood
Vine
White House
Open-ended impeachment inquiry moves forward in House
Washington reports the Republican led House launches an open ended impeachment inquiry into President Clinton. 31 Democrats join in, citing political calculations or principle while Clinton and aides urge opposition to a time limited probe. The piece weighs potential impeachable offenses and the risk of partisan wrangling before a Senate trial.
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Washington
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Clinton
House
Monica Lewinsky
Pere
Gerald Nadler
New York
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Henry Hyde
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Sen
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Maxine Waters
California
Bill Clinton
Supreme Court clerks color line in hiring debate
A Howard University Law School associate professor argues the Supreme Court’s clerk recruitment lacks diversity. He notes most clerks are white, with minimal Black, Latino, or Native American representation, and calls for outreach to non traditional law schools to broaden opportunity while maintaining merit.
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Edward Lazarus
Times Books
Supreme Court
Lazarus
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High Court
William Rehnquist
Robert Jackson
Harvard
Yale
University of Washington At
Howard University Law School
Frank J. Battisti
Cleveland
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