Letter from the Editor
 
In this issue, we include two articles concerning what is perhaps the most important event concerning separation of powers that occurred in 1999 — the acquittal of President Clinton on impeachment charges. In a typically forceful piece, Ann Coulter analyzes one of the primary issues that dominated the debate in the Senate — the question of the "materiality" of the President's false statements. We also reproduce Congressman Canady's remarks to the Miami Chapter of the Federalist Society on the subject of the impeachment. In his remarks, Congressman Canady addresses, from an originalist perspective, the argument that, as a general principle, impeachment charges should not be brought against a President unless there is some measure of support for the charges within the President's own political party. (The Federalist Society hosted a roundtable on the impeachment issue with all sides represented, and we strongly encourage you to peruse it on our webpage, www.fed-soc.org.)

We also include an article by Matthew Glavin concerning the Supreme Court's decision earlier this year invalidating, on statutory grounds, the Census Bureau's plan to use statistical sampling in apportioning representatives in the 2000 Census. The integrity of the census is an important issue directly affecting the structural distribution of political power within our federal system.

Finally, we reproduce (with the Legal Times' gracious permission), an article that originally appeared in that publication, concerning a current Supreme Court case examining the validity of the federal qui tam statute.

As always, we welcome any letters or articles you may wish to submit for publication. We regret that we are unable to return submissions not selected for publication. Please forward all letters or articles to Melissa Seckora at the Federalist Society, 1015 18th Street, N.W., Suite 425, Washington, D.C. 20036.

Dan Collins

   

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