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i Page ii l2 > 2 i T i 2Jesda^ i ^ebmnr^J6 i> 1999 | — Oval Office’s power may be reduced following year of battles, scandal, trial WASHINGTON (AP) — When the next occupant settles into the Oval Office in January 2001, he or she may feel the power of the presi dency subtly reduced by the distant events of The Year of Lewinsky. Kenneth Starr’s tireless investiga tion of President Clinton, the presi dent’s pursuit of losing legal gam bits, the House’s vote to impeach — all nibbled away at presidential pow er, constitutional scholars say. The erosion began even earlier, with the Supreme Court’s unani mous decision on May 27, 1997 that Paula Jones could bring her sexual harassment lawsuit against a sitting president. That led to the deposition in which Clinton denied ever engag ing in sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky. Some scholars view this weaken ing of the office as part of a natural pendulum swing away from power ful presidents who have dominated the 20th century. Others lament the whittling away of power. “It’s probably too early to know what, if any, lasting effects this tawdry episode will have on the presidency,” historian Alan Brinkley of Columbia University said. For instance, the Clinton White House went to court in the heat of the expanding scandal to press a se ries of constitutional questions that future presidents may wish had been left alone. TVying to block grand jury sub poenas to some of his closest advis ers and bodyguards, Clinton claimed lawyer-client privilege, executive privilege and a special privilege cov ering Secret Service officers. He lost them all. The courts ruled the Secret Service privileges dr the attorney-client: solved in the faceolt; subpoena seeking ev: sible criminal cfc: ecutive privilege coii::! by the needs of pror “The Clinton add almost reckless ini litigate each of these the remote possibfe said law professor! who represented! neys general opp Service privilege. 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