Former independent counsel praises Constitution in speech

System for investigating U.S. officials ‘was not sound,’ he says in interview

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Ken Starr, whose investigation as independent counsel led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, visited the Kansas University School of Law on Thursday. Starr said Americans should be thankful for the U.S. Constitution and the rights and liberties it provides.

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If Ken Starr could change the U.S. Constitution, he would eliminate the requirement that the president must be a natural-born citizen.

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