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Impeachment and removal (view source)
Revision as of 02:37, January 20, 2021
, 02:37, January 20, 2021→Richard Nixon (1974)
On July 27, 1974, the Committee on the Judiciary voted to recommend three articles of impeachment. The articles concerned his obstruction of justice during the Watergate investigations. When the Supreme Court ruled against Nixon's claim of Executive privilege, stating that an actual [[crime]] had been committed and Executive privilege could not be used to cover a crime, Nixon resigned. Defying a Supreme Court order would certainly constitute a high crime and impeachable offense. Nixon resigned from the presidency on August 9, 1974, after key Congressional allies told him his fate was all but assured. Thus, Nixon was never actually impeached by a vote of the full House.
On July 27, 1974, the Committee on the Judiciary voted to recommend three articles of impeachment. The articles concerned his obstruction of justice during the Watergate investigations. When the Supreme Court ruled against Nixon's claim of Executive privilege, stating that an actual [[crime]] had been committed and Executive privilege could not be used to cover a crime, Nixon resigned. Defying a Supreme Court order would certainly constitute a high crime and impeachable offense. Nixon resigned from the presidency on August 9, 1974, after key Congressional allies told him his fate was all but assured. Thus, Nixon was never actually impeached by a vote of the full House.
===Alcee Hastings (1989)===
Hastings was U.S. [[District Court]] judge appointed by President [[Jimmy Carter]] for the Southern District of Florida from 1979 to 1989, until he was [[impeached and removed]] by a 2/3 vote from office for [[corruption]] and [[perjury]]. Hastings then ran as a [[Democrat]] and was elected to Congress in 1992.<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Alcee_Hastings</ref>
===Bill Clinton (1998)===
===Bill Clinton (1998)===