Impeachment

America born from the fires of revolution that applied enlightenments ideas toward its government. Young nation implement it experiment of a republic that created political parties to engage people's’ ideals into the government. Election of 1800 considered an important event that impacted American Politics instead of a revolution. However, tensions between political parties and federal courts rulings during this period set precedent for later generations. Therefore election of 1800 demonstrate…

The way a bill becomes a law in the United States is by going through the Federal Legislative Process. The process always starts as a set of ideas and then those set of ideas may be proposed either from a citizen like you or a representative. From there if other representatives support that idea then that set of ideas are written down into bills. After that representative has written down that bill then that bill needs a sponsor and some support from other representatives so it can be introduced…

track plea bargain would take 6 months off of the sentence. - The average sentence for a case like this is 18-24 months with the fast track it would be reduced to 12-18 months. - This plea bargain also would mean that she is unable to see the impeachment information. And she would not be able to know the affirmative defense against her. - She refused the bargain - Plead guilty to her crime and asked the sentencing judge…

regards to the judicial system, articles of impeachment can be brought up against judges when they violate the set guidelines (especially those discussed under the Model Code of Judicial Conduct previously mentioned) or take part in what would be considered a serious offense while acting in their position. These articles of impeachment are not necessarily the “end-all” removal process, but rather, they are simply one of the first steps required for the impeachment process to take place. Further…

than members of the Legislative Yuan as well as elected officials at the local level, the Control Yuan has impeachment powers over the other five yuans (including itself) and local governments. The Control Yuan used to have the power to impeach all public officials, including the President and Vice President of the R.O.C. However, the 1992 constitutional amendment transferred the impeachment power over the President and Vice President to the National Assembly. This has been one of the…

Two Constitutions: U.S. Constitution VS Texas Constitution In many ways, the United States Constitution and Texas Constitutions are similar. Both have a preamble and a Bill of Rights to protect civil liberties. They were written to form a new government with three branches, Executive, Legislative and Judicial. And both gave each branch the ability to check the powers of the other branches to prevent abuse of power. But there are also many differences within the three branches of each…

On July 17, 1972, following Richard Nixon’s election members of his staff were caught stealing from the Democratic National Committee office located in the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C.. This case went to court because the prosecutor wanted to prove that Nixon knew about the scandal and was covering up the incident. They hoped to gain the tapes and documents from the Oval Office. The question the United States Supreme Court was tasked with answering was if the President’s right to safeguard…

There are currently 9 Supreme Court Justices serving that oversee the major cases in America. They are chosen by the President and serve until either; death, retirement or impeachment. If there is no proof of harm then they do not try the case. There must be solid evidence and an important case for it to be heard by the Supreme Court. The federal courts interpret the law and the Constitution and make rulings accordingly. Once…

end of his presidency. He finalizes his resignation by saying he hopes to have a positive legacy as “[he] leaves the Presidency” (Nixon par. 34). Nixon then became the first president of the United States to resign from the presidency in fear of impeachment. The reason for his resignation changed and challenged politics forever and notably, is the turning point that created a divide between the people and the government. On June 17, 1972, Richard Nixon was running for reelection in a country…

the right to chose their own speaker and “shall have the sole Power of Impeachment”. Representatives are the originators of all bills that are required to raise money for the United States but they must pass the Senate to be approved. Article 1, Section 3 gives the rights to the Senate to elect other officers “and also a President pro temp in the Absence of the Vice President” but also the sole power to try all Impeachments. The Senate along with the House defines what laws are to be…