52.5 PERCENT SAY CLINTON SHOULD LOSE LAW LICENSE

Nation Agrees With Arkansas Committee

JUNE 12, 2000

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  TODD YOUNG, Southeastern Legal Foundation
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ATLANTA:  The Southeastern Legal Foundation today released national poll results indicating that 52.5 percent of the American public believes that President Clinton should lose his law license, following the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee's decision last week to initiate disbarment proceedings against Clinton.

The national survey, conducted June 4-5, 2000 by John McLaughlin & Associates, a nationally recognized New York-based polling and survey firm, asked 1000 likely general election voters the following questions:

1. "Are you aware or unaware that the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct has recommended that Bill Clinton be disbarred and forced to surrender his license to practice law in Arkansas?"

   Yes	79%
   No	20.7%

2. "Knowing that the Arkansas Committee on Professional Conduct recommended that Bill Clinton be disbarred and forced to surrender his license to practice law in Arkansas for lying under oath, do you believe that Bill Clinton should be disbarred from the practice of law?"

   Yes	52.5%
   No	39.6%

"The American Bar Association standards for attorney conduct make it clear that lawyer discipline proceedings are done to protect the public, which has a right to a judicial system free from lawyers who lie under oath and obstruct justice," said Matthew J. Glavin, SLF President. "We filed our original complaint with the Committee in the public's interest, and it is that interest that believes the Committee has made the right choice to help ensure the integrity of the judicial system."

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