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 * Originally By: CHARLES DOLL
 * Originally To: ALL
 * Originally Re: LAM LEE
 * Original Date: 16 Dec 97  15:30:00
 * Original Area: Politics
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         Something interesting--------------
 Hillary's argument
 There's a big irony if President Clinton makes a recess
 appointment, as early as today, of Bill Lann Lee as the chief civil
 rights enforcer for the Justice Department.
 Fifteen years ago, the President's wife, Hillary Rodham
 Clinton, went to court, charging that temporary appointments
 made by the president when Congress is not in session are
 unconstitutional.
 Mrs. Clinton's lawsuit was filed after President Reagan fired
 her and nine other directors on the board of the Legal Services
 Corp., a federal agency that provides legal services to the poor.
 The president then made recess appointments to replace the
 ousted Legal Services officials.
 But Mrs. Clinton, who identified herself as Hillary Rodham in
 the lawsuit, and her colleagues argued that Mr. Reagan abused
 his constitutional powers by making recess appointments.
 However, a federal judge rejected their complaint. The
 judge's ruling was appealed. But by the time the case reached an
 appeals court, the case was moot, since the Senate already had
 confirmed replacements for Mrs. Clinton and other former Legal
 Services directors.
 Ken Bode, host of "Washington Weekend Review" on PBS,
 recounted the tale of the failed lawsuit on the program Friday
 night.
 Although the Clintons apparently do not agree on the legality
 of recess appointments, Mr. Bode noted, "We know they are
 constitutional," thanks to the first lady's lawsuit.
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Any comments?????
Ronnie in NC
... There are only 3 lawyer jokes.  The rest are true stories.
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