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What Is the Chief Justice’s Role in the Impeachment Proceedings?
Chief Justice John Roberts will be dividing his duties between the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress in the coming week. As required under the U.S. Constitution, Roberts will preside over the impeachment proceedings of President Donald Trump. As descr...
Impeachment Proceedings Against U.S. Presidents
No U.S. President has ever been removed from office via impeachment proceedings. However, three have come very close. Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were both impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives. Meanwhile, Pr...
The Constitutional Underpinnings of Impeachment
When drafting the U.S. Constitution, the framers debated whether to allow for impeachment of the President. After determining it was essential to prevent abuse of power, the framers went on to consider the process for impeachment, as well at what ty...
The Who’s Who of Impeachment
By design, impeachment is a long and formal process involving a number of key players. The most important are set forth in the U.S. Constitution, including that the House of Representatives has the power to impeach, while the Senate has power to try...
Congressional Guide to Impeachment: How to Impeach
When drafting the Constitution, the framers intentionally made it difficult to impeach federal officials, including the President of the United States. As a result, no sitting President has ever been removed from office. While both Bill Clinton and ...
Judge G Thomas Porteous Is Last Judge to Be Impeached
Thomas Porteous, Jr., a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, was the last federal judge to be impeached. He was convicted by the U.S. Senate and removed from office on December 8, 2010, on charges of accepting bribe...
Judge Samuel B Kent Avoided Impeachment by Resigning
After being convicted for lying to investigators about allegations of sexual abuse, Judge Samuel B Kent was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives. Judge Kent, however, was never convicted by the U.S. Senate because he resigned from office...
Judge Walter L. Nixon Impeached After Perjury Conviction
Walter L. Nixon, a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, was impeached and removed from office in 1989. He was impeached after being convicted oncharges of giving false testimony to a grand jury investigating alle...
Judge Alcee Hastings Impeached for Bribery
Alcee L. Hastings, a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, was impeached on charges of perjury and conspiring to solicit a bribe. He was removed from office in 1989, but went on to serve in the U.S. House of Represen...
Judge Harry Claiborne Impeached for Tax Evasion
Harry E. Claiborne, a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, was impeached and removed from office on charges of income tax evasion in 1986. It was the first time that a judge had been impeached in more than five decades. Legal...
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SCOTUS Wraps Up Oral Arguments for the Term
by DONALD SCARINCI on May 17, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court has concluded its oral arguments for the October 2021 Term. The justices hea...
SCOTUS Rules Censure of Elected Board Member Didn’t Violate First Amendment
by DONALD SCARINCI on May 10, 2022
In Houston Community College System v. Wilson, 595 U.S. ____ (2022), the U.S. Supreme Court held th...
Supreme Court Breach Is Not the First Involving Roe v. Wade
by DONALD SCARINCI on
The recent disclosure of Justice Samuel Alito’s decision purporting to overturn Roe v. Wade is ar...
