In 1999, 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 nation's 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, 1994 by Paula Jones, a
      former Arkansas state employee. In her suit, Jones alleged that on May 8,
      1991, while she helped to staff a state-sponsored management conference at
      the Excelsior Hotel in Little Rock, a state trooper and member of Governor
      Clinton's security detail, Danny Ferguson, approached her and told her
      that the Governor would like to meet her in his hotel suite. Minutes

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