法律英语案例：克林顿总统弹劾案.docxVIP

第 第 PAGE # 页 共 41 页 第 第 PAGE # 页 共 41 页 法律英语案例：克林顿总统弹劾案 The Impeachment Trial of President William Clinton by Douglas O. Linder （ xx） In xx ， for only the second time in United States history ， the Senate conducted an impeachment trial of a President. The acquittal of William Jefferson Clinton on February 12 came as no great surprise ， given the near party-line vote on impeachment charges in the House of Representatives leading to the trial. Despite its predictable outcome ， the impeachment trial of President Clinton is well worth studying ， both for what it says about the failure of the judiciary and political institutions to respond adequately to an unprecedented situation ， and what it tells us about the failures of Bill Clinton ， the all- too-human occupant of the nations highest office. The trial also raises fascinating questions about the distinction between public morality and private morality. Background ： The Paula Jones Sexual Harassment Suit The impeachment saga of President Clinton has its origins in a sexual harassment lawsuit brought in Arkansas in May ， xx by Paula Jones ， a former Arkansas state employee. In her suit ， Jones alleged that on May 8 ， xx ， while she helped to staff a state-sponsored management conference at the Excelsior Hotel in Little Rock ， a state trooper and member of Governor Clintons security detail ， Danny Ferguson ， approached her and told her that the Governor would like to meet her in his hotel suite. Minutes later ， Jones ， seeing this as an opportunity to advance her career ， took the elevator to Clintons suite. There according to her disputed account ， Clinton made a series of increasingly aggressive moves ， culminating in his dropping his pants exposing an erection and then asking Jones to “kiss it. ” Jones claimed that she stood and told the Governor ， “Im not that k ind of girl. ” As she left ， Clinton stopped her by the 第 第 PAGE # 页共 41 页 第 第 PAGE # 页共 41 页 door and said ， “Youre a smart girl ， lets keep th