1 / 19

Impeachment

Impeachment. By: Larry M. Newton Date: 12/01/08 Instructor/Class: Dr. Jeremy Lewis/PSC 499. Objectives. Discuss the Origins of the Impeachment and its process in the United States

alohilani
Download Presentation

Impeachment

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Impeachment By: Larry M. Newton Date: 12/01/08 Instructor/Class: Dr. Jeremy Lewis/PSC 499

  2. Objectives • Discuss the Origins of the Impeachment and its process in the United States • Analyze the impeachments of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase and President’s Andrew Johnson and William “Bill” Clinton • Analyze Nixon’s near impeachment

  3. Origins and Process of Impeachment • Jolly Old England • Madison and Federalist 51- “Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.” • Article 1, Sections 2 and 3; Article II, Section 4; and Article III, Section 1- Impeachment in the Constitution

  4. Process Continued…Art. II, Sect. 4 • “The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” • Treason-Art. III, Sect. 3 • Bribery • High Crimes and Misdemeanors- George Mason vs. James Madison

  5. Process Continued...Congress • House of Representatives (218) • Committee • Prosecution • Senate (2/3 or 67/100) • Judge and Jury • Supreme Court • Moderator • Votes • Impeachment and Acquittal

  6. Samuel Chase • United States Supreme Court Justice • Federalist • Jefferson vs. Adams • Impeachment • 8 articles • Fries case • 5 of 8 were Callender Case

  7. Chase Vote “Several of the historians who have written on the subject have taken the view espoused by John Quincy Adams: The impeachment was a partisan effort by the Republicans to ‘get’ Chase…” (Rehnquist, 1992, 107).

  8. Andrew Johnson • 17th United States President after death of Lincoln • Democrat • President’s Reconstruction vs. Congress Reconstruction • Freedman’s Bureau Bill, Civil Rights Act of 1866, Reconstruction Act of 1867, Tenure of Office Act • Radical Republicans • Edwin Stanton

  9. Johnson Impeached • Impeachment Number 1 • Complaints filed against the president • Failed House vote…108-57 • Impeachment Number 2 • 11 Articles Filed • Supreme Court Justice Salmon P. Chase • Acquitted

  10. Johnson Vote Note: At this time it took 36 out of 54 Senate votes to reach the 2/3 majority.

  11. William “Bill” Clinton • 42nd President of the United States • Paula Jones and Monica Lewinsky • Kenneth Starr • Impeachment • 4 Articles • 2 passed the House: Perjury and Obstruction of Justice • 2 did NOT pass the House: Article II and Article IV • Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist • Honorable Edward Pease (R-IN)

  12. Clinton Vote

  13. Clinton Vote

  14. Clinton Vote

  15. Richard M. Nixon • 37th President of the United States • Republican • Watergate and Tapes • Executive privilege and US vs. Nixon • Impeachment • Only House Judiciary • 3 Articles • Obstruction of Justice • Abuse of Power • Defiance of Subpoenas • Resignation

  16. Nixon Vote

  17. Closing • Explanation of what we have observed in regards to impeachment in the House and acquittal in the Senate • What should be grounds for Impeachment: • Treason • Bribery • High Crimes and Misdemeanors • Questions and Answers • Final Thoughts

  18. Books to Consider • Impeachment: A Handbook by Charles L. Black Jr. • The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson by Michael Les Benedict • The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson by David Miller Dewitt • An Affair of State: The Investigation, Impeachment, and Trial of President Clinton by Richard A. Posner • Our Monica, Ourselves: The Clinton Affair and the National Interest by Lauren Berlant and Lisa Duggan • Abuse of Power: The New Nixon Tapes by Stanley I. Kutler • U.S. v. Richard Nixon: The Final Crisis by Frank Mankiewicz • Grand Inquests: The Historic Impeachments of Justice Samuel Chase and President Andrew Johnson by William H. Rehnquist

  19. Thank You • Have a Wonderful Political Science experience with Dr. Lewis and Huntingdon College • Have a Happy Holiday Season • Safe Travels Larry M. Newton Cell:334-303-9074 Email: LMNBSA@hotmail.com (or) Larry.newton@huntingdon.edu

More Related