Obama's Impeachment Process

taking his word on a few deductions. Another, criminal act that is extremely famous is that of

For the first time in the United States History, President Andrew Johnson, was the first sitting president to be impeachment from office. President Johnson was sworn into office after President Lincoln was assassinated. Like former President Lincoln, Johnson, felt that the country should have been ran by the white man. In fact, Johnson wanted to carry out former President Lincoln’s leniency more. Shortly after becoming president, President Johnson granted wholesome pardons to the ex-confederates. Allowing the Former confederates the right to have slaves in every way but call them slaves. The Confederate states forcing the slaves to sign year long contracts or face forced enslavement. They called this “The Black Codes,” which controlled the

When President Obama became president of the United States he used his executive power to stop federal regulations that were not finalized by President Bush. He stopped plans to ease air pollution standards and established a more open public- records policy. He also ordered the detainee camp at Guantamo Bay, Cuba. These events occurred when he had just become president back in 2009.

The impeachment of President Clinton is something that will be remembered forever. Along with the fact that a presidential impeachment has only happened one other time since the Civil War, the publicity that came with the Clinton trial was extensive (Miller 2004). While the Republican and Democratic members of the House of Representatives had vastly different views on impeaching President Clinton, the fact that only five Democratic Representatives voted to impeach him truly shows how wide that gap was between the two parties. Clinton was impeached on the grounds of perjury to a grand jury and obstruction of justice, with the vote on both articles extremely close, a 228-206 vote on perjury to a

President Bill Clinton began an affair with Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern, in 1995. Later in 1998, when confronted with questions in regards to an affair with Monica Lewinsky, Clinton lied under oath in front of a grand jury. This, however, was not his first lapse in judgment as viewed by the Senate and Congress. The President and his wife, Hillary, found themselves involved in the Whitewater scandal beginning in 1978. In addition, during his campaign, Clinton was accused of draft dodging and rumors were spread in regards to his possible marriage infidelity. President Bill Clinton continued to find himself caught in the middle of scandals involving: Whitewater, Paula Jones, and most notably, Monica Lewinsky. The way Clinton handled

The house of representatives has the authority to impeach both the president or vice president, if they unjust, or if he or she breaks a law of room

The president is given seven major roles with many rules and restrictions in place. If he does not follow these rules he can be tried for impeachment. Impeachment was set up by the founders in the case that an unfit president was elected. The constitution states, “The president, vice president and all civil officers of the united states, shall be removed from on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors” (Doc A). This states the ways a president can be charged for impeachment.

compromises both the act of formulating the accusation and the resulting trial of charges; it is

Does the president have the powers to pass such laws as the Alien and Sedition Acts ? The Alien and Sedition Acts are laws that included powers to expel foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote. Previously, a new immigrant would have to have lived in the United States for five years before becoming eligible to vote, but a new law raised this to 14 years. Both acts were signed into law by President John Adams. In this case, I believe that the majority of people would agree that the president overstepped his boundaries and abused his powers. Your power as a president is to help in every way to improve the country, aid in uniting people together, and making an effort to make people with the decisions that you make. President Adams abused his powers, in fact over abused them, because he did not make the smartest move in signing the Alien and Sedition Acts into law. The President overstepped his boundaries, because as a president, why would you agree to sign such laws? You are creating disadvantages for your country, such as decreasing the population by deporting foreigners. President Adams could have made better decisions to enhance the United States.

Not following a clear budget law is an example of Obama not faithfully executing the law. One of these budget laws is the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 which requires the president to submit a budget of the American Government “On or after the first Monday in January but not later than the first Monday in February of each year […] for the following fiscal year.” Obama displayed his unconstitutional ways when he submitted his budgets after the specific deadlines given. He illegally missed his first budget proposal for 2010 by 98 days, he illegally missed it again for 2012 by a week, he illegally missed the budget submission again for 2013 by a week, he illegally missed the submission for 2014 by two months and six days, and he illegally missed the budget proposal for 2015 by a month and one day. The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 also requires the president to submit an additional summary of the budget before July 16 of each year for the same fiscal year as the ones previously mentioned. Obama again decided to not follow the clearly-worded law and displayed his unlawful behaviors by missing these deadlines as well as the January or February deadline: he unlawfully missed his first mid-session review for 2010

President cannot be removed because of Congress’s lack of confidence; the impeachment process for removal is more difficult; and the President cannot disband Congress (Shepherd) the president and Congress “are not dependent upon one another for survival” (Shepherd, 2010:3) And therefore “the legislature with its closer roots to specific and narrow constituencies tends to dominate the agenda setting role; however, there is competition between the president and the legislature to set and drive the legislative agenda, so weak party discipline and mutual independence between the executive and legislative branches is the norm (Shepherd,

The Senate has the sole power to try all impeachments. Impeachment is when one who holds office in the United States is questioned as to whether they are still able to carry out their duties and still should hold their office position. Those who hold office in the United States may be impeached by committing, but not limited to, treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. The process of impeachment begins with, for example, the President being tried. The Chief of Justice will then preside. There must be a two-thirds concurrence of the current members of the Senate for a conviction. If convicted the President will be removed from office and be unapproved for any office of honor, trust, or profit in the United States as stated

Former President Barack Obama signed a mere fourteen laws within his first one hundred days in office. While it seems like a small number in comparison to Donald Trump, some of which included keeping the government funded and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 which relaxed the statute of limitations for equal pay lawsuits, and the implementation of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (Business Insider). These laws helped to impact our country and make a difference; they held a weight in the way our country would continue. It can be argued that fourteen laws are a small amount, but the significance of these laws is what is critical. Obama chose not to abuse his power, but to rather sign bills that mattered most.

Bill Clinton’s impeachment was by the House of Representatives for lying under oath. His charge of perjury as obstruction of justice about his sexual affair played a huge matter with the publics view about him as a leader. The scandal affair with Monica Lewinsky and sexual harassment case with Paula C. Jones shed a different light on the former president. America that believes in its justice system had no other choice then to do the right thing. Privat matter or not, the point was that he choose to go the wrong way. After that he continue to dig him self deeper in the mess under the oath. He was a exemple of missuse of power. Should we let go a great buratic leader for privat matter or not is

Barack Obama uses legitimate power. Legitimate power is based on the user’s position, power, given by the organization. (Lussier and Achua, 2013, p.150). Barack is an effective leader. As long as he isn’t breaking the law, he can have executive agencies to do anything he wants. Of course he is aware of congress being able to remove him if he abuses his power. Barack Obama is quite powerful. He has the ability to veto bills congress sends him. He also designates a large number of powerful positions. Individual who the president chooses is almost always approved. He can also fire a lot of these appointed officials, again giving him power over how these departments are run. He is Commander of the military, so he can move military resources around