Impeachment

Latin America has long been fighting an uphill battle against corruption. From colonization, to authoritarian systems, and then further to democratization, corruption has plagued and dominated Latin American societies. One may assume that corruption is mainly found within the political systems of Latin America, but rather, corruption besets the personal lives of its citizens as well. One instance of many corrupt scandals is the Petrobras Scandal. The scandal now involving Brazil’s president…

The president does not have much power. The president is mainly controlled by the government and its three branches, Judicial, Executive, and Legislative. People are allowed to impeach the president if needed. A president is selected by voters. The president is most likely not to have as much power. “If the president is abusing his power they can vote him out of office in four years or if the president is charged against a government official they can be impeached out of office. One of the…

The Watergate Scandal is known for its enduring impact on American during the year of 1972. It grew into a wide-ranging political scandal of burglary at the Washington Complex office which eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. The Watergate involved illegal activity that was designed to help Nixon win the reelection in the 1972 presidential elections. A team was put together to commit burglary, wire-tapping and sabotaging during this election. Watergate also had a…

they have the right to over rule this with a two thirds vote. They may also have the president removed from office by impeachment if deemed necessary. They also control the funding needed for any executive action that are taken. The legislative branch also has power over treaties and presidential appointments. They create lower courts, and may remove judges through impeachment. They also control senate approved appointments of judges. Within the legislative…

The main risks include impeachment of the president, the resignation of Finance Minister, Brazil losing the investment grade credit rating it currently has, and Petrobras debt collapsing due to the scandal. Dilma’s impeachment and a subsequent resignation of the finance minister would be chaos and pull the Brazilian economy to the lowest levels. Petrobras’ decline and a credit…

A. Plan of Investigation There were multiple presidents that were involved in scandals while in office, one of them being President Richard Nixon. Everyone knows about the scandal because it was talked about for a long time and is still known today as the Watergate Scandal. The Watergate scandal was a scandal that took place at the Watergate complex. The investigators led to find that Nixon had been involved in this scandal but left everyone wondering how? This leading to the question, how was…

their crimes. Richard Nixon would have been impeached for his Watergate scandal but he resigned office before impeachment took place. Nixon was pardoned of his crime by President Ford which was controversial at the time. Article 2 section 4 of The Constitution states that “the President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” In 1998 President Clinton…

one that shows how approval of the president can affect the impeachment process as well as how the nature of the scandal or events in it can skew what the public decides to pay attention to. In the Whitewater Scandal, Bill and the First Lady, Hillary Clinton. While Bill Clinton was the Attorney General of Arkansas, he made a deal with Jim McDougal and his wife, Susan. They became business partners. Their partnership was called the Whitewater Development Corporation. During this partnership, they…

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…

During the enlightenment many things happened. There were many French philosophers at the time for example Rousseau, Montesquieu, Diderot, Wollstonecraft, or Voltaire. Yet the ones that stood out the most were Diderot and Montesquieu. These two French philosophers impacted two completely different things but, it was a great impact. Diderot changed educational rights. On the other hand,…