This just in on Dick Cheney!

[Clanton, Brad]

It is my understanding that Mr. Cheney owns a home in Wyoming.

Brad Clanton
Counsel
House Judiciary Committee
Constitution Subcommittee
362 Ford House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
202.226.7685 (phone)
202.225.3746 (fax)

-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Laycock [mailto:dlaycock at MAIL.LAW.UTEXAS.EDU]
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 2:56 PM
To: CONLAWPROF at listserv.ucla.edu
Subject: Re: This just in on Dick Cheney!



I agree with all of what Brad Clanton says below. Intent is slippery enough
that it is hard to be certain when someone is lying about it, but precisely
because it is slippery, the temptation to lie about it is great. I also
agree on the evidentiary importance of other indicia of intentions besides
self-serving representations. I am just waiting to see any objective indicia
of bona fide intent to live in Wyoming permanently. It may be that there is
such evidence, and that Cheney has not had to offer it because the press has
given him a pass on this. Or it may be that there is no such evidence. All
we have generally reported is that he registered to vote in Wyoming and that
he showed up for the Wyoming primary.


At 02:44 PM 09/18/2000 -0400, you wrote:

>>>>

With all due respect, Professor Laycock, I think one should be very
hesistant to assert that anyone is "lying" about something as slippery as
the concept of "domicile." As we all know, the basic rule is that an
individual is domiciled where he or she resides and intends to remain
indefinitely. Thus, one could be a lifelong resident of a state, say,
Wyoming, be offered a job elsewhere, say, Texas, and accept that job with
the view toward returning to Wyoming at the end of it all. Assuming that is
the person's intentions, and there are other indicia of those intentions, I
am aware of nothing in the law that would prevent that individual from
claiming Wyoming as his or her domicile.



Brad Clanton

Counsel

House Judiciary Committee

Constitution Subcommittee

362 Ford House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515

202.226.7685 (phone)

202.225.3746 (fax)





Douglas Laycock

University of Texas Law School

727 E. Dean Keeton St.

Austin, TX 78705

512-232-1341 (phone)

512-471-6988 (fax)

dlaycock at mail.law.utexas.edu

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