Persuasive Essay On Impeachment

President Andrew Johnson assumed office following Lincoln’s assassination. Johnson had his own ideas of Reconstruction and tried to take his own course of action in putting the Union back together following the Civil War. A series of bitter political quarrels between President Johnson and Radical Republicans in Congress over Reconstruction Policy in the South eventually led to his impeachment.

The president and Congress have a history of conflict. An early example of this was Andrew Johnson’s actions soon after taking office. He vetoed two bills, both of which benefitted blacks. Congress responded to this by overriding his veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1866. Congressmen also passed the 14th Amendment and three Reconstruction acts. Johnson and the Radical Republicans strongly disagreed about the path that Reconstruction in the South should take. In November of 1867, the House Committee on the Judiciary voted to send articles of impeachment to the House, but the report was rejected. However, in February of 1868 Johnson dismissed Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War. This violated the Tenure of Office Act, which would have required

1. In 1865, before he was president, Andrew Johnson was expected to be assassinated along with Abraham Lincoln, but the assailant got cold feet and backed out. After Lincoln was assassinated, Johnson assumed the presidency. Many people never thought of Johnson ever becoming a president because he was a very stubborn man and didn't seem fit for the position. He was also quite different than Abraham Lincoln, he was a previous slave owner from the south and he was not a fan of criticism. He had different views on reconstruction and was more into revenge and punishment rather than equality. President Johnson proposed amnesty for ex confederates and gave freed slaves no protection and no voting rights. In reaction, congress began passing reconstruction acts. Congress wanted an extension on the Freedmen's bureau but Johnson vetoed the bill. Overall, Johnson had an outrageous 29 vetoes for congress bills. The tenure of office act was Johnson's last chance to change but congress decided to draft impeachment forms. Johnson won the impeachment trial by one vote.

This trial took place in 1999. Before Clinton was ever elected as president he had an encounter with a women by the name of Paula Jones. Paula Jones would come out about the encounter after Clinton was elected to presidency. In July of 1995, women by the name of Monica Lewinsky would be hired as an intern for Clinton. Months later they would begin having sexual relations. Mr. Kenneth Starr was put in charge of the investigation of Clinton and Lewinsky’s relationship. Clinton denies the fact that he had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky at all times. In October 1998, the House would vote to have an impeachment trial and would win with a vote of 258 to 176. By the time the trial ended, Bill Clinton would not be kicked out of the office by the

With the fight for fairness in the country President Johnson was impeached because he was trying to run the country in an unconstitutional

Many people knew that Congress was just looking for a way to get rid of him since he was not a very cooperative President. When Johnson tried to remove Stanton it was in direct violation of the Tenure of Office Act. Nine of the articles of impeachment were because of Johnson's removal of Stanton and the other two charged Johnson with disgrace of Congress. However, other factors came into play and things started to unfold. At this time there was not a Vice President to take his place and the next in line for Presidency was a Radical by the name of Benjamin Wade and he was not well liked by many people. Also, Johnson's backers assured them that the Radicals' Southern policies would be approved. In May 1868, 35 Senators voted but they were one vote short of the required 2/3 majority. They found Johnson not guilty and he lived out his

The reason why he faced impeachment is because in November 1995, Clinton began an affair with Monica Lewinsky, she was a 21 year old unpaid intern. In April 1996, Lewinsky was transferred to the Pentagon. In the summer, Monica confided in Pentagon co-worker Linda Tripp about her relationship with the president. In 1997, the relationship was over, Linda began to secretly record conversations with Lewinsky, so she would get details about the affair. In December, lawyers for Paula Jones brought Monica. In January 1998, allegedly under the recommendation of the president, Monica denied having a relationship with the president. Five days later, Linda contacted the office of Kenneth Starr, the Whitewater counsel, to talk about Monica and the tapes she made of their conversations. Linda, who was wired by FBI agents, met with Monica again and Monica was taken by FBI agents and U.S. attorneys to a hotel room where she was questioned and was offered immunity if she cooperated. Few days later, the story was out and Clinton denied the allegations saying, “I did not have a relationship with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky.” Clinton spoke a live television to a grand jury in a nearby federal courthouse. He was the first sitting president to testify before a grand jury investigating his conduct. Clinton gave a four minute televised address to the nation which he admitted he had a relationship with Lewinsky. On December 11th, the House Judiciary Committee

Congress passes the Tenure of the Office Act, which stripped the President of the power to remove federal officials without the Senate’s approval, and in 1867, established a military Reconstruction program to enforce political and social rights for southern blacks.

by 1868 Radical Reps had decided Johnson must be removed from office; they tried early on to impeach him on flimsy charges before Johnson provided the occasion for impeachment when he deliberately violated the Tenure of Office Act in suspending Stanton

Impeachment is the process in which an official is accused of unlawful activity. The outcome of this accusation includes the removal of that official from office, as well as criminal or civil punishment. According to Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution, The House of Representatives has the sole power of impeachment. According to Article II, Section 4, the President can be removed from office on impeachment. Therefore, the House of Representatives has the power to remove the President from

After the civil war, Andrew Johnson Reconstruction policy leaded to the impeachment. Giving political control to former rebels and putting the future of the blacks on the hands of their former masters was a result of Johnson's hasty efforts to restore the Confederate states to civil government. For fear of Johnson's plans to abort congressional authority to hasten his Reconstruction efforts, the so-called Radical Republican congressmen rise up against Johnson's policies and started impeachment proceedings

Article II, Section IV of the United States Constitution states that: “The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” Throughout the course of American history, past Presidents have committed actions that have brought up the discussion and even started the process of impeachment from holding office. In the chapter “Impeachment in the Constitutional Order” by Jeffery K. Tulis, he talks about the differences between the legalistic and political interpretations of impeachment and how to properly use the process in a successful manner. Tulis states “how and why the impeachment process, far from politically irrelevant, is a vital attribute of the theoretical architecture of a well- functioning separation of powers regime” (Tulis 229).

In recent years, voter fraud has been a controversial topic. Many states have passed or have tried to pass laws that enforce strict Voter ID laws if a person wants to cast a vote in their state. Donald Trump has been someone who has spoken widely on the topic of voter fraud. According to Zeke J. Miller, a writer for Time Magazine, Trump has “repeated his unfounded allegations of widespread voter fraud”. I personally do not believe voter fraud is happening this much in our elections and really think some politicians are looking for someone to blame when the outcome is not what they would have liked.

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“Your assignment is to write a persuasive essay and present it to the class in a week. You will be graded based on how convincing it is. Today we will be choosing topics,” announced Mr. Bowerbank, my 7th grade English teacher and ruler of classroom 110. My class simultaneously groaned at the prospect of work. I simply lifted my head with intrigue as it was already May and about time we had our first essay. He then proceeded to give examples of topics we could choose and gave us some time to think before we had to tell him our topic. My classmates were already rushing to tell the teacher their idea lest someone else steal it. That meant the usual abortion, death penalty, or drug use topics were out. I really couldn't think of anything and the teacher was slowly making his way through the remaining students like an executioner beheading criminals in a line. I have always thought that he would make a marvelous supervillain if he had a curly mustache, a tophat, and a cape. Eventually my name was called. I slowly dragged myself over to his desk. Even sitting down, he still seemed to tower over me. “What is your topic Cindy?” As usual in such desperate times, my mind turned to food. “Waffles are better than pancakes.” I figured that a waffle was just a differently shaped pancake with a nicer texture. “Hmm. Excellent topic. I look forward to your essay!” I survived to live yet another day.