[OldDeckHand]

"I don't think this is true. If any Alaskan gave money to Clinton's Legal Defense Fund and Clinton accepted it, absent a specific Federal statute which overrides whatever law Alaska has in place, Clinton would have been subject to and in violation of whatever the Alaskan law is."

At first I thought you weer just being argumentative. But, I think you really believe it. State election laws and ethics rules only apply to elections or officials in that state. Bill Clinton never lived nor did he ever hold elected office in the state of Alaska. He was a national candidate holding a federal office. As such, only federal laws and ethics rules would apply.

State legislative bodies don't have the any controlling legal authority over federal office holders, nor do they have any authority to control how monies are raised with respect to federal elections campaigns. Come on, this is law school 101.

[ml/nj]

Come on, this is law school 101.

Really?

I know in practice now Presidents seem to be exempt from all laws (even murder!), but when do you think they became exempt from State law? What was the instrument that granted this exemption?

ML/NJ