Impeachment

The power-hungry individual follows a path to his own destruction, as did Macbeth and Richard Nixon. Full of greed and ambition, both men strived for a goal but fell to corruption. Kings and presidents obtain massive potential for wrongdoing; free will determined their tracks. A close examination of the way that Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, and Macbeth, the fallen hero in the Tragedy of Macbeth, resorted to abusing power illustrated that the themes in Macbeth are still…

The federal court system is quite large today. Despite its current size, the United States Constitution requires only one court but allows Congress to create more as needed. That is the foundation for the current multilevel court structure. In these federal courts, important decisions are made by appointed judges concerning federal legislation and constitutional rights of citizens. Therefore, it is an important duty when officials go through the selection of Justices and Judges. The following…

Richard Nixon was the 37th president of the United States. He was elected in 1968 after losing his first run for presidency in 1960 against John F. Kennedy. (“Richard M. Nixon”) Nixon was thought to be a good president in his first 4 years and when he ran again for the second year that’s when things got bad for him . He craved the power that he had over everyone and everything. Which led him to lie, wiretap people, and use the government power to try and pressure those who opposed him. In June…

Watergate For the next year, the Nixon Administration had kept their illegal tactics to themselves as they continued to taunt Ellsberg and everyone one the enemy list. (until they got caught...) On June 17th, 1972, five members of Nixon 's Administration were arrested as they were found to have broke in the Democratic National Convention headquarters at The Watergate Hotel. They had broke in numerous times. The first to set up wiretapping materials in the Democratic office and eventually in…

When one thinks of the Russian and U.S. President they think of high tension, hostility and egocentrism. Throughout the last one hundred years the United States and the governments that have encompassed Russia have had a hostile relationship. During the Col War, there were times that both America and the Soviet Union were on the brink of a Nuclear War. Eventually as the Soviet Union fell and the new Russian government was established hostility began to arise again. Currently the relationship…

poor while she got the best medical care, but instead siphoned those millions of dollars in donations to the catholic church. She wanted the poor to I have heard of enough noise today, many of which chastise our group for pushing through with the impeachment complaint against Leni Robredo. The short of it is that we are being divisive and we are going to distract government from focusing on solving problems. He could've just walked past the barefoot kid but instead, he decided to stop and show …

Amendment first landed on President Andrew Johnson’s desk, he vetoed it. He felt that it gives special privileges to slaves over other white and felt they should not deserve same rights as whites. Because of Andrew Johnson vetoed, it causes his impeachment, and later the government ratify the amendment. 2. John Brown John Brown was born into deeply religious family that were opposed to slavery practices in the southern states. John believed that the only way to end slavery was with violence, he…

aren’t limited to, conflict amongst states, conflict amongst individuals in opposite states, distant, overseas, and nonnative states, cases involving diplomats, clergy, priests, magistrates, etc. Each case is tried by jury, unless the case involves impeachment. (“US Constitution,” n.d.). Under the Constitution the authority and power was divided between each governing agency, which formed the Dual Court…

“illegal”. The attorneys of Mr. Pena argued that the Miguel Pena was denied his sixth amendment right that being the right to an impartial trial. What stood in the way of this new trial that was desired by the defendant was the “No impeachment rule”. The no impeachment rule “prevents jurors from testifying after a verdict about what happened during deliberations. There are limited exceptions that do not include that a juror expressed racial bias.”…

The Three Branches of the American Government The American government consists of three separate branches that include the following: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. These three branches have different duties that help make the democracy of the United States of America work. The Legislative branch’s main duty is to write the laws for the United States. The Executive branch’s main duty is to enforce the laws of this country. The main duty of the Judicial branch is to interpret the laws of…