Actually, they used the standard legal definition, except eliminated the clause pertaining to motive to humiliate or degrade. It is a very broad definition, which broadness Clinton made note of when he conceded to admitting to having sexual contact with Genifer Flowers, in implying that his "sex" with her, was just general groping. In any case, he knew clearly that he had acted in a manner described within the definition.
I think the following is what they settled on, It looks reasonably specific to me but what do I know?...
1. Contact with the genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks of any person with an intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person;
2. Contact between any part of the person's body or an object and the genitals or anus of another person; or
3. Contact between the genitals or anus of the person and any part of another person's body.
Contact means intentional touching, either directly or through clothing."
In the news four years ago...
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President Clinton this week is expected to become the first sitting president served with formal legal ethics complaints. One of them is brought by the Atlanta-based Southeastern Legal Foundation, which wants him disbarred.
Clinton, who is licensed to practice law in Arkansas, was mailed two complaints Wednesday via certified mail by the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct, foundation President Matthew Glavin said. The foundation's complaint alleges "willful professional misconduct by lying under oath in a court of law" by Clinton in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case.
In addition, Clinton will be served another complaint stemming from the contempt of court citation issued in April 1999 by U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright, who presided over the Jones case, Glavin said.
White House spokesman Steve Boyd declined comment Thursday. Clinton has 30 days to file a response, Glavin said.
Wright fined Clinton $ 90,000 after finding he deliberately misled the court about his sexual encounters with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
Clinton's conduct in the case led to his impeachment. The question now is whether it will make him the first president to be disbarred. (President Nixon gave up his bar license after resigning over the Watergate scandal.)
"When a lawyer violates his professional oath, lies before a court of law and obstructs justice, that lawyer must be held accountable," Glavin said. "Now that process can begin."
Clinton, who received his law degree from Yale University, taught law school classes and served as Arkansas attorney general. If disbarred, he could not practice law after he leaves office.
The Southeastern Legal Foundation is a conservative public interest law firm. It also represents white business owners in the lawsuit against Atlanta's affirmative action program. Former independent counsel Kenneth Starr will address its annual dinner in April.
The foundation's ethics complaint was filed in September 1998 by L. Lynn Hogue, a Georgia State University constitutional law professor who also is licensed to practice law in Arkansas. He chairs the foundation's legal advisory board.
In December, the foundation asked the Arkansas Supreme Court to order its Committee on Professional Conduct to begin the complaint proceedings against Clinton. Two weeks ago, the court issued the order.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported Thursday that three members of the court's 14-member disciplinary panel have made donations to Democratic candidates and the party. The newspaper also reported that two other people designated to serve as alternates gave money directly to Clinton's presidential campaigns.
That blue dress is what sunk the Stainmaster. That scathing letter from Judge Wright didn't help him either. I seem to recall the committee suspended his license for 6 years and fined him something like $26K.