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Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681 (1997), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case establishing that a sitting President of the United States has no immunity from civil law litigation, in federal court, for acts done before taking office and unrelated to the office. [1]
On appeal, Clinton agreed to an out-of-court settlement. Gilbert Davis and Cammarata who both served as Jones' council resigned in August 1997, believing the settlement offer they had secured, which Jones refused (on advice from Susan Carpenter-McMillan), [14] was the appropriate way to end the case.
Clinton v. Jones: 520 U.S. 681 (1997) Executive privilege and immunity: Agostini v. Felton: 521 U.S. 203 (1997) reexamination of Establishment Clause jurisprudence as it applies schools Kansas v. Hendricks: 521 U.S. 346 (1997) procedures for involuntary indefinite civil commitment of dangerous persons City of Boerne v. Flores: 521 U.S. 507 (1997)
The high court ruled unanimously in Clinton v. Jones that a sitting president isn't immune from civil lawsuits in federal court that target actions unrelated to the ... In the 1997 ruling, Justice ...
Nixon, the 1997 case of Clinton v. Jones , the justices ruled unanimously – and both times against a sitting president. In those cases, justices voted against the interests of the president who ...
Clinton v. Jones, 1997 landmark Supreme Court case decision establishing that a sitting U.S. president has no immunity from civil law litigation against him or her, for acts done before taking office and unrelated to the office. Impeachment investigations of United States federal officials; Full Text of the Starr Report
In the initial lawsuit, Jones cited Clinton for sexual harassment at the Excelsior Hotel in Little Rock, Arkansas on May 8, 1991. Following a series of civil suits and appeals through the U.S. District Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals from May 1994 to January 1996, Clinton v. Jones eventually reached the United States Supreme Court on May 27 ...
Alex Jones conservative radio host said Hillary Clinton is a “traitor” and called for her to be given a fair trial before she “faces a firing squad.”