something that truly thousands of nominees before her were guilty of. not paying social security taxes for domestic help. in this case, a nanny. most americans had no idea you were supposed to pay social security taxes for nannies and people working in your home. zoe baird was a 40-year-old corporate lawyer who bill clinton had nominated, she employed a nanny who was not in the country legally but whom zoe baird said was sponsoring for legal status. she believed that because she was sponsoring the woman for legal status that it was legal to employee her while she was sponsoring her. she was wrong about that. zoe baird also believed that because the woman did not yet have legal status, she could not pay social security taxes for the woman, and she was wrong about that. she explained all of this to bill clinton before bill clinton nominated her.