Monday, May 23, 2016

"Impeachment" -Aleah Washington 1st period

Impeachment in the U.S. is a power the legislature has that allows them to formally have charges against a civil officer of government for crimes that were committed in office, but the removal of an official upon conviction is separate from actually being impeached. Richard Nixon was unsuccessful in the impeachment process because he resigned from office before the vote of the full House for impeachment. Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton are the only two presidents to have been successfully impeached by the house of Representatives.

The commissioner of the IRS said that Republican allegations that he misled congressional investigators,and said he would not appear at a congressional hearing this week examining whether he deserves to be impeached. He won't successfully be impeached unless the full house votes for him to be out. This is important because it reminds us that people are still can be impeached today like they were back them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/irs-chief-wont-appear-at-house-hearing-on-his-impeachment/2016/05/23/16653980-211c-11e6-b944-52f7b1793dae_story.html

2 comments:

  1. Darby McMahon Pd#9
    Impeachments are difficult, and are hard to justify properly, but i hope that anyone is brought to justice

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  2. Darby McMahon Pd#9
    Impeachments are difficult, and are hard to justify properly, but i hope that anyone is brought to justice

    ReplyDelete