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U.S. Supreme Court Disbars Clinton from Practicing Law
The U.S. Supreme Court disbarred former President Bill Clinton from practicing law before the high court Monday and gave him 40 days to contest the order.
"Whenever a member of the bar of this court has been disbarred or suspended from practice of any court of record, or has engaged in conduct unbecoming a member of the bar of this court, the court will enter an order suspending that member from practice before this court," the Supreme Court said in its ruling.
The court ordered the disbarment following a disbarment ruling in lower courts. In April, Clinton's Arkansas law license was suspended for five years and he paid a US$25,000 fine.
The original disbarment lawsuit was brought by a committee of the Arkansas Supreme Court because of Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky, a former White House intern. Clinton's scandal prompted his impeachment by the House in December 1998 and acquittal in a Senate trial in February 1999.
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