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Nixon’s official acts against his enemies list led to a bipartisan impeachment effort
Nixon’s illegal wiretaps and Plumbers operation ultimately became part of an article of impeachment against him. The House Judiciary Committee passed the article by 28 to 10, with seven Republic ...
Understanding impeachment
In The Impeachment Power, Keith Whittington offers sound and convincing guidance for would-be practitioners of the ...
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Standards for Impeachment
The only other time a president came close to being impeached was the case of Richard M. Nixon. He resigned from office in 1974 after a House committee had voted to put before the full House a ...
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History Repeats: A Nixonian Cover-up in the Home Stretch of the Campaign
Indeed, Hillary began her public career as a House staffer on the committee that voted to impeach Nixon. Sam Tanenhaus, former editor of the New York Times Book Review, recently noted in Bloomberg ...
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The Heritage Guide to the Constitution
There were proceedings and hearings at the House Judiciary Committee and a bill of impeachment reported to the House against President Richard M. Nixon. Nixon resigned before the full House could ...