Senator Clinton's legal team had sought to have the case dismissed. Now, Mrs. Clinton is one step closer to being deposed by Judicial Watch.

"Ms. Flowers has been significantly damaged by the Clintons' smear machine and she's anxious for justice," said JW Chairman Larry Klayman. "Judicial Watch will see to it that Mrs. Clinton does not escape punishment for her crimes."

According to Judicial Watch's complaint, after Ms. Flowers went public with her 12-year affair with then Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, Mrs. Clinton, Stephanopoulos, and Carville conspired to smear her with false accusations. They outright accused Ms. Flowers of deceit and fraud in numerous public appearances. In fact, according to the Los Angeles Times, Carville and Stephanopoulos said that Ms. Flowers lied to the press when she disclosed the affair, a claim repeated by the Clintons in a 60 Minutes interview and then later retracted in the face of the audiotape evidence. Bill Clinton would later admit to the affair in his deposition during the Paula Jones sexual harassment case.

Carville and Stephanopoulos also accused Ms. Flowers of "doctoring" tape recordings of conversations she had with Clinton. During those conversations, Bill Clinton encouraged Ms. Flowers to perjure herself before an Arkansas state labor grievance hearing.

In allowing Flowers to proceed with the conspiracy claim, Judge Pro ruled that the statements that she "doctored" tapes are "consistent with" a conspiracy to defame Ms. Flowers. "Flowers has sufficiently plead the required elements of a civil conspiracy under Nevada law," Judge Pro wrote in his July 23rd ruling.

Judge Pro had initially dismissed another version of the lawsuit three years ago, but was reversed on appeal last November by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

Mrs. Clinton is a defendant in multiple Judicial Watch legal actions, including a lawsuit involving her alleged involvement in the misuse of FBI files in order to blackmail perceived political adversaries of the Clintons.