When a president misbehaves we have no other choice to punish them by throwing them out of office, but what counts as a punishable crime? When the Constitution was drafted no set guidelines for impeachment except the line “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors against the state. While treason and bribery sound clear enough, high crimes and misdemeanors can be interpreted differently causing the true meaning to be fuzzy and unclear. Earlier cases of Executive branch wrong-doings, such as Watergate, caused congress to pass an Independent Counsel Law, creating a separate panel of judges to appoint investigators un-attached to the executive branch. It was deemed necessary to create the Independent Counsel so the executive branch was not investigating itself. So in Bill Clinton’s 1994 situation it all started when reporters began to notice
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She refused. The case was stagnant all of summer of 1998, that is, until Lewinsky’s new lawyers made a deal: Lewinsky would testify as long as she was granted immunity from being charged. So now with Lewinsky’s account completely mismatched to Clinton’s coupled with the tapes and physical evidence, Clinton came clean and apologized in a televised address. Unfortunately for Clinton his remarks were interpreted as being evasive and he blamed the state for prying into personal matters. Many long time supporters were completely blindsided by Clinton’s lies and his popularity with the nation began to decline. Some asked for him to resign, while others, even some of his closest supporters, called for him to be impeached. In the House of Representatives both Republicans and Democrats agreed to the impeachment inquiry but behind closed doors party lines were being drawn. The Republicans hoped this would harm the Democrats reputation while the Democrats quickly began to try and discredit Republicans by bringing to light past
She refused. The case was stagnant all of summer of 1998, that is, until Lewinsky’s new lawyers made a deal: Lewinsky would testify as long as she was granted immunity from being charged. So now with Lewinsky’s account completely mismatched to Clinton’s coupled with the tapes and physical evidence, Clinton came clean and apologized in a televised address. Unfortunately for Clinton his remarks were interpreted as being evasive and he blamed the state for prying into personal matters. Many long time supporters were completely blindsided by Clinton’s lies and his popularity with the nation began to decline. Some asked for him to resign, while others, even some of his closest supporters, called for him to be impeached. In the House of Representatives both Republicans and Democrats agreed to the impeachment inquiry but behind closed doors party lines were being drawn. The Republicans hoped this would harm the Democrats reputation while the Democrats quickly began to try and discredit Republicans by bringing to light past