Correct me if I am wrong, but didn’t the judge base her decision on the law as written? If the decision was based on the law, then nothing has been set back. Instead, the law has been upheld with women protected in the work place.

In other words, what the women wanted who have complained wanted is for the judge to go beyond the law, to manufacture a means of Jones being able to take President Clinton to trial. That is neither justice nor the seeking of the justice.

The first major case which exceeded the boundaries of the law was the Hill Vs Thomas case. The fact is even Anita Hill’s case went far beyond the law in that the statute of limitations had been exceeded. It would never have been made public had it not been for the high profile of Thomas. Thus, Judge Thomas should never have been subjected as he was to the scrutiny he underwent.

Nor should President Clinton have been subjected to the many, many months of scrutiny he has undergone because of Jones’s invalid claim. With the total lack of evidence obtained by months of investigation, it is obvious that Mr. Clinton has been the victim in this case, not Jones.

I personally applaud the judge as she has upheld the law and did, as a result, preserve justice. Women’s groups should do the same.

The question now is how to shut Jones and her attorneys up once and for all and allow this country to move forward.