The Constitution doesn't say that. The powers relating to impeachment are an essential check in the hands of the body of the Legislature against and upon the encroachments of the Executive. The division between the two branches of the Legislature, the House and the Senate, assigning to the ...
Earlier today, we heard the beginning of the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States: "We, the people." It's a very eloquent beginning. But when that document was completed on the seventeenth of September in 1787, I was not included in that "We, the people." I felt somehow...
Barbara Jordan: Statement on the Articles of Impeachment"If the impeachment provision in the Constitution of the United States will not reach the offenses charged here, then perhaps that 18th centur
Barbara Jordan: Statement on the Articles of Impeachment "If the impeachment provision in the Constitution of the United States will not reach the offenses charged here, then perhaps that 18th century Constitution should be abandoned to a 20th century paper shredder." ...
resources of the Territory in accordance with local laws, and the provision for an impeachment of the Territory’s leaders. daccess-ods.un.org 2010 年 6 至 7 月,宪政会议建议对现行《宪法》作出修正或修订,包括 禁止领土公有土地进一步私有化、在所有刑事诉讼中设立公正陪审团、在教育体 系中加强萨...
The provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 on the impeachment and/or removal of public office holders have been invoked with fervor and unusual glee in recent times. In some cases, reasons other than the breach of law or gross misconduct have been found to ...
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TodayIamaninquisitor.AnhyperbolewouldnotbefictionalandwouldnotoverstatethesolemnnessthatIfeelrightnow.MyfaithintheConstitutioniswhole;itiscomplete;itistotal.AndIamnotgoingtosithereandbeanidlespectatortothediminution,thesubversion,thedestruction,oftheConstitution. "Whocansoproperlybetheinquisitorsforthenationasthe...
My faith in the Constitution is whole; it is complete; it is total. And I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction, of the Constitution. "Who can so properly be the inquisitors for the nation as the representatives of the ...
ConstitutionImpeachmentJudicial decisionsProvisionsProceduresPracticesConductFederal lawsProceedingsHistory;Contents: Introduction; The Constitutional Framework; Judicial Decisions Related to Impeachment; Some Basic Research Tools to Assist in Impeachment Proceedings; A Brief History and Some Preliminary Issues Relating...