FOR A LEGAL DOCUMENT, the language is raw. ""Please admit or deny the following,” says the ""request for admissions” served on President Clinton last week. ""While he was governor of the state of Arkansas, Defendant Clinton had sexual relations with women (other than Hillary Rodham Clinton) and members of the Arkansas State Police arranged meetings between Defendant Clinton and the women.”

Jones v. Clinton, never pretty, is turning uglier. Do such filings confirm contentions by Robert Bennett, the president’s lawyer, that ""this is an effort, this whole case, to embarrass and humiliate the president” in a campaign bankrolled by his political enemies? There’s no doubt that members of the Jones camp delight in seeking to embarrass and humiliate Bill Clinton. And there’s no doubt that some of those now supporting Jones, like the Rutherford Institute, have conservative leanings. But as a matter of law, questions about Clinton’s alleged past now appear somewhat more relevant than they did before.

Whether the questions will have to be answered is up to Judge Susan Webber Wright, who must decide which to allow before trial, now set for next May. What relevant evidence could be sought from women with whom Clinton has allegedly had consensual extramarital relations? Not much, it seemed, un…

FOR A LEGAL DOCUMENT, the language is raw. ""Please admit or deny the following,” says the ""request for admissions” served on President Clinton last week. ""While he was governor of the state of Arkansas, Defendant Clinton had sexual relations with women (other than Hillary Rodham Clinton) and members of the Arkansas State Police arranged meetings between Defendant Clinton and the women.”Jones v. Clinton, never pretty, is turning uglier. Do such filings confirm contentions by Robert Bennet

FOR A LEGAL DOCUMENT, the language is raw. ""Please admit or deny the …