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The Impeachment of Clinton. There are two major steps to removing a president from office First, the House of Representatives votes to impeach the president, essentially charging him with violating his oath of office
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There are two major steps to removing a president from office • First, the House of Representatives votes to impeach the president, essentially charging him with violating his oath of office • According to the Constitution, impeachable offenses include “Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors” • According to constitutional lawyers and documents written by the founding fathers, “high Crimes and Misdemeanors” include (1) real criminality (breaking a law); (2) abuses of power; (3) violation of public trust • This has happened twice • If the House impeaches a president, the Senate then has a trial • 2/3 of the senators (67 out of 100) must vote to convict in order for the president to be removed from office • No president has actually been convicted and removed from office
Gathering Information Read “Partisan Politics and Impeachment” on pages 1070-1071 and answer the following questions: • What happened in 1994 that changed the balance of power in Washington? • Who was Newt Gingrich? • Why did the House vote to impeach President Clinton?
SCR Practice • Guiding Question: Should President Clinton have been removed from office over the Lewinski scandal? • Write a topic sentence that answers the guiding question • Contains both a hook and a thesis in one sentence