When N.O.W. leader Patricia Ireland suggested on national TV that perhaps only "sinless lawmakers" should be allowed to judge President Clinton in the empending impeachment hearings, Democrat John Conyers, who is on the Judiciary Committee, asked, "Would we have (enough congressmen) to have a quorum?" No one knows the real level of sexual indiscretion or deviance among lawmakers of the republic, but experts on sexual behavior in America said infidelity on Capitol Hill may be at least as high as the 20% to 33% range widely ascribed to the general population.

Members of Congress "are a group of people uniquely likely to have sex outside of relationships," said Pepper Schwartz, a sociology professor at the University of Washington, and author of several books on sexual behavior. "Being in Congress breeds a sense of entitlement. And powerful people are used to being catered to, used to groupies. They expect people to come on to them. They have strong egos, a sense of risk, of adventure, a need for gratification, for adulation."

Tom W. Smith, director of the annual General Social Survey by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, agreed that the number of sexual improprieties among lawmakers is probably higher than among the public. "There's a line of argumentation that goes: People in positions of power or wealth or fame... would be more likely to have extramarital affairs," he said. "The second line of argumentation goes: These people are achievers, people with drive, people used to success -- and that also spills into other appetites as well."

There has been no shortage of sleazy sex scandals in the capital city of the republic, a city of marble built upon a former swamp. In the full flower of the reality of a government that has no legitimate moral or legal foundation, the boundaries of acceptable behavior have been trashed. Ironically, the demagogues of the republic who lament the disappearance of morality, are themselves the most amoral. (This becomes apparent when they begin debating such lofty subjects as what the meaning of "is" is). It was noted with heaviness that the same Congress that approved the draconian Decency Act, released materials on the internet that would have been banned if the Act had been upheld in court.

In 1974, then-Congressman Wilbur Mills publicly cavorted in a drunken stupor with stripper Fanne Fox, even though the congressman was a married man at the time. The incident involved Fox jumping into Washington's Tidal Basin in an attempt to evade arrest. Two years later, another powerful congressman was tainted by scandal, when it was discovered that Congressman Wayne Hays had put his mistress on the public payroll, despite the fact that she could not type. Also in 1976, three other former congressmen were caught in sex scandals, exposing the real sleazy behavior that is typical of the politicians of the republic. Of course, it's not the sex that distinguishes these cases, but the arrogance of the perpetrators, who seem to think that they are above the law; that is a characteristic that only exists because of the power structure of the republic.

Texas congressman John Young was accused by a young aide of keeping her on the payroll primarily to have sex with him; Louisianna congressman Joe Waggoner, Jr., was charged with soliciting police decoys for purposes of prostitution; and Utah congressman Allan Howe was convicted of soliciting two policewomen posing as prostitutes. So not only are the republic's politicians extra randy from their exultant sense of power, but they aren't particularly bright either, exposing the fact that the electoral system of the republic has a tendency of endowing mediocre men with power. (It's one thing to solicit sex with a prostitute, but to get caught takes an extra measure of stupidity!)

In one of the most sensational cases of the 1980s, then-congressman John Jenrette revealed the fact that he had engaged in sexual relations with his Playboy centerfold wife, Rita, on the steps of the Capitol building itself! In 1980, congressman Bauman of Maryland pleaded guilty to sexual solicitation after being accused of committing oral sodomy on a teenage boy. Congressman Barney Frank was embarrassed when his relationship with a male prostitute was exposed, who was running a prostitution ring virtually right out of the Congressman's office! In 1983, congressman Gerry Studds was censured for having sexual relations with a teenage page. In 1981, congressman Jon Hinson of Mississippi resigned after he was arrested in a Capitol Hill men's room for attempted sodomy.

The list of politicians with lower-than-average morals goes on and on (all of those mentioned here are only those in the modern generation; sex scandals are as native to the republic as corruption, starting with the Founding Fathers themselves, some of whom exploited their slaves for sexual pleasure). Former senator Brock Adams, current senator Charles S. Robb, former congressmen Gus Savage, Donald E. Lukens, Fred W. Richmond, and Jim Bates.

The republic is not capable of electing men of honor to public office. When the Constitution of the republic was being argued in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Patrick Henry heaved with anger at the usurpation that he felt had been committed by the secret Convention that drafted it. He was so outraged by it that he suggested that a criminal conspiracy took place, and he spared no invective in describing the charter for what he recognized was the basis of a police state. "Neither federal nor local... so hybrid it wants a name!"

The republic constituted a departure from the traditional and native law of the American people, and only the restoration of the ancient constitution can serve as a remedy to the flaws inherent within the republic. This involves the restoration of constitutional institutions, and would involve the creation of a parliamentary system of representation, based on proportional representation. The abolition of the republic, and the restoration of traditional law, is the only option that can promise the restoration of the public's trust and confidence in the government. As the president of the republic goes on trial, the republic will be put on trial, causing it to lose the "mandate of heaven."

SOURCE: This article was written exclusively for CNS, using references from the article "Can Anyone Cast 1st Stone at Clinton," by Edwin Chen, published in the 31 August, 1998, issue of the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Edition.