Bloomberg reports that Joseph Wilson and Valerie Plame may file a civil lawsuit against Bush and Cheney. If they do so, the Bush administration can look forward to a very long term of unrelenting scandal.
That will undoubtedly make it harder for Republicans to govern the country.
As the passage below makes clear, conservatives have only themselves to blame.
In an interview yesterday, Wilson said that once the criminal questions are settled, he and his wife may file a civil lawsuit against Bush, Cheney and others seeking damages for the alleged harm done to Plame's career.
If they do so, the current state of the law makes it likely that the suit will be allowed to proceed -- and Bush and Cheney will face questioning under oath -- while they are in office. The reason for that is a unanimous 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that Paula Jones' sexual harassment suit against then-President Bill Clinton could go forward immediately, a decision that was hailed by conservatives at the time.
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