Impeachment

Impeachment refers to the process wherein public officials are formally charged with political wrongdoing, which occurs before an assessment is made of their capability to remain in office. Thus, a subsequent conviction and removal from office will always be preceded by a formal impeachment hearing.

The impeachment of a public official arises as a consequence of alleged ethics violations for which federal charges originate in the House of Representatives and state charges originate from state legislatures. 

The articles of impeachment list the specific violations and infractions of a public official during his or her tenure in office. Once the articles of impeachment are drafted, charges will be brought against the public official and the impeachment hearing will commence.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Impeachment”

• Does the left want to impeach Obama, too?

  
  Life on Sleepy Creek in Words and Images — Authority: 158
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• A.P. Governor N.D. Tiwari’s Sex Video Causes Uproar

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 741
  By Madhuri DeyDec. 26, (THAINDIAN NEWS) An alleged sex tape has been released of the governor of Andhra Pradesh, N.D. Tiwari. The tape has been released by a Telugu news channel, which broadcast clippings from the tape for over an hour. The clip was taken off air after the High Court issued an injunction against [...]
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• Long history of vote-trading on Capitol Hill

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 165
  As it has come down in history, President Andrew Johnsons narrow escape from being the first president convicted on impeachment charges in 1868 depended on the honorable doings of Sen. Edmund Ross of Kansas. But David O. Stewart, author of "Impeached," a book looking at the Johnson trial, says its more likely the ...
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• ALERT! Fox news links Osama Bin Laden to IRAN - history repeating itself in the Obama admin !!!

  
  The Betrayal — Authority: 153
  First part of this video is the predictions of Alex jones right before 911…. now do we see another looming war coming with Iran and new false flags within out own country? YES I think so. Get ready people! This reminds me of the Bush administration linking Iraq to 9/11. Osama bin Ladens missing family found in ...
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• TEA Party Patriots: Don’t Go Home, Fight!

  
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  Before there were TEA Party activists, there were Freepers. Through my experience as a long-time Freeper, I learned the value of street activism, and its limitations. Capitol Confidential , in an essay posted at Big Government Monday, emphatically urges TEA Party activists to stop demonstrating and focus on ...
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• CHURUMURI POLL: Will Dinakaran be impeached?

  
  vishnuvardhan — Authority: 133
  View This Poll polls The case against Justice P.D. Dinakaran , the chief justice of the Karnataka high court, is the first in the history of post-independent India to be played out almost entirely in the age of 24×7 media. While there have been dozens of judges with a question mark against them and while ...
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• Don’t see Dinakaran issue in caste terms, says Congress

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 741
  New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The Congress said Sunday that it does not see the matter of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, who is facing an impeachment motion, in terms of caste, community or region.Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said that political motives should not be injected in a constitutional ...
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• Congress critical of Mayawati for politicising Dinakaran impeachment issue

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 741
  New Delhi, Dec 20(ANI): The Congress party on Sunday termed the views of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on the impeachment of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran as an instance of politicising the issue. Dinakaran’s elevation to the apex court has been kept on hold following allegations of ...
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• Congress to view ‘Dinakaran episode’ with absolute precision

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 741
  New Delhi, Dec 20(ANI): The Congress party has said that it will view the Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran episode with absolute precision, despite Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati voicing her support for him.On Saturday, Mayawati had written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, seeking his ...
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• A Blogging Ethical Conundrum.

  
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  Over at Blue Gal , Frans seeking guidance on whether its off limits to point out that Newt Gingrichs latest wife is the staffer who was "...giving Newt blow jobs when he was married to someone else, at exactly the time he was leading the charge to impeach Clinton for exactly the same thing." Definitely. I, for ...
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• jane is just smokin hot on this healthcare travesty

  
  n e u f n e u f — Authority: 147
  [click image] . Blows John Kerry out of the water. Right after blowing the whole DLC Machine out of the water. Shes on it so tightly Im worrying my head off about her breast cancer maybe trying to come back. Please note the recent quote and link to a Ted Rall piece at the top of my sidebar now too. .
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• Impeachment Evidence Grows Against U.S. Judge

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  Witnesses in the impeachment case of Judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr. painted a jarring portrait of the judge who was appointed to the federal bench in 1994.
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• Constitutional Chaos

  
  Michael Wolfe — Authority: 111
  President Barack Obama has lamented in the past that the US Constitution did not say “what the government must do on your behalf.” The US Constitution was different from others in a sense it is a “charter of negative liberties,” in the sense that it limits the ability of the government to control the lives and ...
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• No decision on Dinakaran impeachment motion: Congress

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 741
  New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) The Congress said Saturday that it had not taken a stand on the move to impeach Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran as the Supreme Court collegium that had recommended his elevation to the apex court had put its decision on hold.“The Supreme Court collegium has not given [...]
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• Impeachment appears imminent for federal judge

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 165
  Its not the lifestyle of a typical federal judge: Five or six vodka cocktails during lunch; gambling with borrowed money; bankruptcy under a phony name; cash, trips or home repairs from lawyers; and a bail bondsman with business before his court. Witnesses in the congressional impeachment case against U.S. District ...
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• Rod Blagojevich trial, Obama testify?, Blagojevich lawyer Sam Adam Jr, Obama has material information on case, US District Judge James Zagel

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 573
  From the Chicago Tribune, December 17, 2009. “State of corruption: Blagojevich lawyer hoping to get Obama to testify at trial” “Lawyers for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday sought early access to an interview of President Barack Obama by federal investigators as the defense weighs whether to try to ...
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• 35th cause for Obama’s impeachment added to The Big List

  
  Amorian — Authority: 124
  Sadly, I have to report that I have added another complaint to The Big List of causes for the impeachment of President Barack Obama.  31. He has aided and abetted America’s enemies.Obama is in the process of releasing terrorist enemies of America, al Qaeda members, to their homeland in Yemen where they are certain ...
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• Monica Lewinsky Tells Author of Impeachment Book that Bill Clinton Lied to the Grand Jury

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 789
  Filed under: Scandal , Bill Clinton In a scholarly book soon to be published on the 1990s presidential impeachment saga, Monica Lewinsky is quoted as saying that former president William Jefferson Clinton committed perjury before the Whitewater grand jury while testifying about their physical relationship. ...
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• Dinakaran’s appointment to apex court put on hold

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 741
  New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) A day after Rajya Sabha Chairman Mohammad Hamid Ansari admitted a plea for impeachment of Karnataka Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan Friday said the controversial judge’s elevation to the Supreme Court has been put on hold.“We have kept Justice ...
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• Bill Clinton lied under oath about our affair: Lewinsky

  
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  WASHINGTON: More than 11 years after their affair rocked America, former White House intern Monica Lewinsky has claimed the then US President Bill Clinton lied under oath when he described their romantic encounters during his impeachment trial, according to a new book. In an email to law professor Ken Gormley, who ...
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