Impeachment in the United States

the tapes from the wiretap of the phone in his office. Referring to executive privilege, Nixon refused to release the tapes and instead told them to use the already publish white-house transcript. On July 24 1974, the Supreme Court decided in United States v. Richard M Nixon that executive privilege did not apply to the Watergate tapes. The Supreme Court ordered Nixon to give all the tapes to Jaworski. The House Judiciary Committee recommended that the full House vote to impeach Nixon for…

largely because it changed the American economy for the worse, destroyed American family lives, and finally presidents made promises in political elections and did not follow through with them. The economic policies and budgets instituted by the United States government was all but helpful in the minds of the Americans. The Vietnam War had a lasting fiscal legacy from the increasing levels of government expenditure, of which was not financed by the American…

A majority of the public though, continued to side with the democrats, believing that although he most definitely lied about his oath, they felt as if the lies did not matter as much because the situation did not directly affect the Nation’s well being. But how can serious lies and meaningless lies exist? Shouldn’t a lie just be a lie? Those questions were the center of the Republican’s argument. Clinton had lied under oath plain and simple and that was an impeachable offense no matter what the…

When the president gives the speech; he or she is tasked with giving his view of the nation, with emphasis on the economy and the budget. The tone of the address can vary depending upon the direction of the economy, the state of foreign policy, military engagement, or consideration of recent or looming crises. The speech provides the President a template to go by for presenting his agenda to those responsible for passing it. The President explains why the policies he is…

Following the impeachment of Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur), Megawati Soekarnoputri was appointed to replace the position as president of Indonesia. She was the first female president ever to hold presidency and the daughter of the first Indonesian president, Soekarno. The vice president which selected to be her vice in running the Government is Hamzah Haz. Both of them together to run the governance as the President and Vice President until October 20, 2004. Several important agendas announced by…

This article from The New York Times describes Donald Trump’s election as the 45th President of the United States and the chain of events that led to his victory over other presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Early in the presidential campaign between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump the majority of the polls indicated that Hillary would secure the presidential title. However Hilary's inability to gain the country’s trust and her multiple email scandals vastly affected…

On the August 8th, 1974, the 32nd President, Richard Nixon addressed the citizens of the United States informing them that at noon the following day he would be resigning from office due to the lack of political support. Nixon also stated that Vice President Gerald Ford would complete the remainder of his term as President. He delivered his speech during a live radio and television broadcast from the oval office. Nixon tried to convey a positive tone in his speech, but this was hard for him to…

political parties. Since, the different branches of government are able to check in on one another, this allows a way in which the views of one party are able to stall the action of the other party. An example of a divided government occurs in the United States; for example, let’s say if the Republican Congress passes a bill or law, the Democratic president obtains the ability to cancel the…

They didn’t want their smaller populations to limit their voice in politics. The large states, the ones who these papers mainly appeal to, are, according to Federalist 62, “not less solicitous to guard, by every possible expedient, against an improper consolidation of the States into one simple republic”, meaning that the large states are just as anxious and determined as small States to guard against a potential relapse to the system that they were trying so hard to fix. Possibly the…

The Senate is one of the two chambers in the legislative branch of the government of the United states. The Senate is composed of older members than in the House of Representatives. The minimum age requirement in the Senate is 30. There are two senators per each state which means 100 senators in total. Senators have term limits of six years, and unlike the House of representatives, they serve state-wide constituents as well as local constituents. The Senate has a couple of important powers.…