From: "Robert Comer" 

I believe he shouldn't have been given a pass, but anyway, there is a
difference between the president and speaker of the house when it comes to
things like this.  (we can afford loosing the latter without affecting near
as much as losing a president.)

--
Bob Comer


"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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> Clinton was never indicted for the crime of perjury.  He was given a pass
> for the good of the country.
>
> Gary
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:435d6f90{at}w3.nls.net...
>> So "the Republican strategy is "obstructing the
execution of a lawful
>> process"  is perjury but obstructing a special prosecutor is a
>> "technicality"?  It looks like all the little Bushkins
are falling in
> line.
>> The mantra chants for this week will be overzealous, prosecutor and
>> technicality
>>
>>
>> Meet the Press Oct 23, 2005
>>
>> "a crime and not some perjury technicality where they could
not indict on
>> the crime." Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
>>
>>
>> 1999 statement on Clinton perjury
>>
>> The Supreme Court of the United States has observed that there is an
>> occasional misunderstanding to the effect that the crime of `perjury' is
>> somehow distinct from `obstruction of justice.' United States v. Norris,
> 300
>> U.S. 564, 574 (1937). They are not. While different elements make up each
>> crime, each is calculated to prevent a court and the public from
> discovering
>> the truth and achieving justice in our judicial system. Moreover, it is
>> obvious that `witness tampering' is simply another means employed to
>> obstruct justice.
>>
>> This Senate on numerous occasions has convicted impeached Federal Judges
> on
>> allegations of perjury. Moreover, the historical fact is that `high
>> crimes
>> and misdemeanors,' as used and applied in English law on which portions
>> of
>> our Constitution were founded, included the crimes of `obstructing the
>> execution of the lawful process' and of `willful and corrupt perjury.'
>> Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, a treatise described by
>> James Madison as `a book which is in every man's hand.' See article
> entitled
>> `The True History of High Crimes and Misdemeanors,' by Gary L. McDowell,
>> Director of the Institute of United States Studies at the University of
>> London, appearing in the Wall Street Journal, January 25, 1999.
>>
>> ELEMENTS REQUIRED FOR CONVICTION OF PERJURY
>>
>> Lying is a moral wrong. Perjury is a lie told under oath that is legally
>> wrong. To be illegal, the lie must be willfully told, must be believed to
> be
>> untrue, and must relate to a material matter. Title 18, Section 1621 and
>> 1623, U.S. Code.
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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