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The impeachment case is sent to the [[United States Senate]] for trial, over which the Chief Justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] shall preside if the accused is a sitting [[President of the United States|President]]. If the Senate votes by a two-thirds majority to convict, then the person is removed from office.
The impeachment case is sent to the [[United States Senate]] for trial, over which the Chief Justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] shall preside if the accused is a sitting [[President of the United States|President]]. If the Senate votes by a two-thirds majority to convict, then the person is removed from office.
President [[Gerald Ford]] described what an impeachable offense <ref>https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-2/section-4/impeachable-offenses </ref> is:
President [[Gerald Ford]] described what an impeachable offense <ref>https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-2/section-4/impeachable-offenses</ref> is:
{{cquote|An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.}}
{{cquote|An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.}}
As president after Lincoln's assassination, Johnson handed out numerous [[pardon]]s to former slaveholders, Confederate officers, and the rank and file. This put him at odds with Lincoln's [[Secretary of War]], who had been confirmed by the Senate, vowing to carry out the Republicans' civil rights efforts for Blacks in occupied military districts of [[the South]] after the war.
As president after Lincoln's assassination, Johnson handed out numerous [[pardon]]s to former slaveholders, Confederate officers, and the rank and file. This put him at odds with Lincoln's [[Secretary of War]], who had been confirmed by the Senate, vowing to carry out the Republicans' civil rights efforts for Blacks in occupied military districts of [[the South]] after the war.
[[File:Lynch.jpg|thumb|450px|When the Civil War ended, violence did not end. After Johnson's acquittal, Klan violence grew, targeting white Republican (yellow line) [[carpetbagger]]s first.<br>Source: Historical Statistics of the U.S., and is based on the 1952 Negro year Book.]]
[[File:Lynch.jpg|thumb|450px|When the Civil War ended, violence did not end. After Johnson's acquittal, Klan violence grew, targeting white Republican (yellow line) [[carpetbagger]]s first.<br>Source: Historical Statistics of the U.S., and is based on the 1952 Negro year Book.]]
President Johnson vetoed Republican civil rights legislation and even called their leaders "traitors". Flush from winning the war, Republican Rep. Thaddeus Stevens (PA) and Sen. Charles Sumner (MA) were not about to back down on the agenda of delivering equality for former black slaves and punishing Democrats who ripped society apart and tried to destroy the Union. In 1856, shortly before the outbreak of war, Sumner delivered a speech critical of South Carolina Senator Andrew Butler, author of the [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]] which legalized [[slavery]] in Western territories north of the [[Mason-Dixon Line]]. It was symptomatic of how bad the situation in the United States had deteriorated in the debate over slavery, both North and South, among the people and their elected leaders. Butler's outraged nephew Preston Brooks beat Sumner violently with a cane on the floor of the U.S Senate.<ref>Sumner's Senate floor speech accused proponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of the "rape of virgin territory" by bringing slavery into Kansas. Sumner said of Butler, "The senator from South Carolina has read many books of chivalry, and believes himself a chivalrous knight with sentiments of honor and courage. Of course he has chosen a mistress to whom he has made his vows, and who, though ugly to others, is always lovely to him; though polluted in the sight of the world, is chaste in his sight — I mean the harlot, slavery."</ref>
President Johnson vetoed Republican civil rights legislation and even called their leaders "traitors". Flush from winning the war, Republican Rep. Thaddeus Stevens (PA) and Sen. Charles Sumner (MA) were not about to back down on the agenda of delivering equality for former black slaves and punishing Democrats who ripped society apart and tried to destroy the Union. In 1856, shortly before the outbreak of war, Sumner delivered a speech critical of South Carolina Senator Andrew Butler, author of the [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]] which legalized [[slavery]] in Western territories north of the [[Mason-Dixon Line]]. It was symptomatic of how bad the situation in the United States had deteriorated in the debate over slavery, both North and South, among the people and their elected leaders. Butler's outraged nephew Preston Brooks beat Sumner violently with a cane on the floor of the U.S. Senate.<ref>Sumner's Senate floor speech accused proponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of the "rape of virgin territory" by bringing slavery into Kansas. Sumner said of Butler, "The senator from South Carolina has read many books of chivalry, and believes himself a chivalrous knight with sentiments of honor and courage. Of course he has chosen a mistress to whom he has made his vows, and who, though ugly to others, is always lovely to him; though polluted in the sight of the world, is chaste in his sight — I mean the harlot, slavery."</ref>
When the House of Representatives impeached President Johnson by an overwhelming vote of 126 to 47, his ouster appeared to be a ''fait accompli''. President Johnson had violated the Tenure in Office Act by dismissing the Secretary of War. The key issue was if a President had the power to fire a cabinet secretary confirmed by the Senate without the Senate's consent. Johnson was also intemperate in his name-calling of key senators. In addressing the jury of 54 senators, the prosecutor referred to President Johnson as an "accidental Chief" and "the elect of an assassin." Witnesses testified for both the prosecution and the defense.
When the House of Representatives impeached President Johnson by an overwhelming vote of 126 to 47, his ouster appeared to be a ''fait accompli''. President Johnson had violated the Tenure in Office Act by dismissing the Secretary of War. The key issue was if a President had the power to fire a cabinet secretary confirmed by the Senate without the Senate's consent. Johnson was also intemperate in his name-calling of key senators. In addressing the jury of 54 senators, the prosecutor referred to President Johnson as an "accidental Chief" and "the elect of an assassin." Witnesses testified for both the prosecution and the defense.
President Clinton was doing well in the polls and ready to pick his successor for the White House by late 1998. His leadership enabled the Democratic Party to do surprisingly well in the mid-term elections, and President Clinton was seeking to leave a lasting legacy.
President Clinton was doing well in the polls and ready to pick his successor for the White House by late 1998. His leadership enabled the Democratic Party to do surprisingly well in the mid-term elections, and President Clinton was seeking to leave a lasting legacy.
The House of Representatives impeached him for making false statements under oath, which is perjury, and the trial was scheduled for the Senate in 1999. [[First Lady Hillary Clinton]] accused her opponents of being part of a "vast right-wing [[conspiracy]]" against her husband. House impeachment managers introduced witness depositions, including credible evidence from a Jane Doe #5 ([[Hillary_Rodham_Clinton#Rape_allegations|Juanita Brodderick]]) that Bill Clinton had [[rape]]d her. Democratic Senators all lined up behind President Clinton, promising to vote for acquittal.
The House of Representatives impeached him for making false statements under oath, which is perjury, and the trial was scheduled for the Senate in 1999. [[First Lady Hillary Clinton]] accused her opponents of being part of a "vast right-wing [[conspiracy]]" against her husband. House impeachment managers introduced witness depositions, including credible evidence from a Jane Doe #5 ([[Hillary Rodham Clinton#Rape allegations|Juanita Brodderick]]) that Bill Clinton had [[rape]]d her. Democratic Senators all lined up behind President Clinton, promising to vote for acquittal.
Republicans enjoyed a majority in the Senate but lacked votes anywhere close to the requisite 2/3rd majority to convict. President Clinton was a lame-duck at that point anyway, and the real battle was over his ability to influence politics beyond his term.
Republicans enjoyed a majority in the Senate but lacked votes anywhere close to the requisite 2/3rd majority to convict. President Clinton was a lame-duck at that point anyway, and the real battle was over his ability to influence politics beyond his term.
===Donald Trump (2021)===
===Donald Trump (2021)===
After the Capitol Storming, [[Nancy Pelosi]] started to process to try to get Trump impeached. The article of impeachment<ref>https://www.npr.org/sections/trump-impeachment-effort-live-updates/2021/01/11/955631105/impeachment-resolution-cites-trumps-incitement-of-capitol-insurrection</ref> relied on [[fake news]] published by the ''[[New York Times]]'' falsely stating that a [[Capitol]] police officer had been bludgeoned to death by [[Trump]] supporter supposedly hitting him with a fire extinguisher, which the [[liberal]] newspaper retracted a month later, the Presidential site claimed Donald Trump left office on January 11, 2021 which may have been an attempt to remove him from office early to have Biden elected early.
After the Capitol Storming, [[Nancy Pelosi]] started to process to try to get Trump impeached. The article of impeachment<ref>https://www.npr.org/sections/trump-impeachment-effort-live-updates/2021/01/11/955631105/impeachment-resolution-cites-trumps-incitement-of-capitol-insurrection</ref> relied on [[fake news]] published by the ''[[New York Times]]'' falsely stating that a [[Capitol]] police officer had been bludgeoned to death by [[Trump]] supporter supposedly hitting him with a fire extinguisher, which the [[liberal]] newspaper retracted a month later, the Presidential site claimed Donald Trump left office on January 11, 2021, which may have been an attempt to remove him from office early to have Biden elected early.
===Texas 2023===
===Texas 2023===
In an impeachment scheme hatchet in secret and rushed through without any public hearings and without [[due process]], globalists retaliated against Paxton for defeating a Bush and for being so effective against the [[Biden Administration]] in litigation. [[Donald Trump]], [[Ted Cruz]], the Texas GOP Chairman, and others were highly critical of this ambush against Paxton.
In an impeachment scheme hatchet in secret and rushed through without any public hearings and without [[due process]], globalists retaliated against Paxton for defeating a Bush and for being so effective against the [[Biden Administration]] in litigation. [[Donald Trump]], [[Ted Cruz]], the Texas GOP Chairman, and others were highly critical of this ambush against Paxton.
Despite bipartisan criticism of the lack of [[due process]] in this scheme, Paxton was impeached by the Texas House by a 121-23 vote (with two members Present Not Voting) on May 27, 2023. Paxton was immediately suspended from office, pending a trial in the Texas Senate at a date to be determined,<ref>https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/25/texas-impeachment-attorney-general-ken-paxton/</ref> but no later than August 28, which would decide whether or not to remove him from office (which would make him permanently ineligible for any state or local office in the future).
Despite bipartisan criticism of the lack of [[due process]] in this scheme, Paxton was impeached by the Texas House by a 121–23 vote (with two members Present Not Voting) on May 27, 2023. Paxton was immediately suspended from office, pending a trial in the Texas Senate at a date to be determined,<ref>https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/25/texas-impeachment-attorney-general-ken-paxton/</ref> but no later than August 28, which would decide whether or not to remove him from office (which would make him permanently ineligible for any state or local office in the future).
An issue at trial in the Texas Senate will be whether Paxton can call and [[cross-examination|cross-examine]] those who hatched this plot in secret against him, including Texas House Speaker [[Dade Phelan]].
An issue at trial in the Texas Senate will be whether Paxton can call and [[cross-examination|cross-examine]] those who hatched this plot in secret against him, including Texas House Speaker [[Dade Phelan]].