The Impeachment of President Bill Clinton

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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

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 government of the United States controls countless affairs in the world. They control everything from the currency to the court systems. Individuals are suppose to be able to trusting your government system, which has not been the case in many different circumstances. From Richard Nixon to the Whitewater scandal, the government has been everything but honest.

The Watergate Scandal and crisis that rocked the United States began on the early morning of June 17, 1972 with a small-scale burglary and it ended August 9, 1974 with the resignation of Republican President Richard Milhous Nixon. At approximately 2:30 in the morning of June 17, 1972, five burglars were discovered inside the Democratic National Headquarters in the Watergate office building in Washington DC. The burglars, who had been attempting to tap the headquarters’ phone were linked to Nixon’s Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP). Over the next few months, what had began as a minor break-in quickly escalated into a full-blown political scandal. It was

James Madison, in writing the US Constitution in 1787, intended that the system of checks and balances would separate the powers of the government branches and counter a “tyranny of the majority”. He carefully sought to distribute powers in a way that prevents any one faction from dominating. Under this system, the President can appoint federal judges, grant pardons, veto bills, propose laws, reject part of bills, etc. Equally, the Congress can override presidential veto, impeach the President, ratify treaties, etc., and the Courts can declare laws and executive orders unconstitutional. The contemporary system of checks and balances isn’t working as Madison intended as illustrated by the impeachment of President Clinton, the government

Watergate, the greatest scandal of the 20th century, remains a shrouded mystery. Early on the morning of June 17, 1972, there was a break-in and several burglars were arrested inside the office of the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters in the Watergate Office complex building located in Washington, D.C. Thus began a series of events that would shake the public’s confidence in its most visible symbol of American authority and prestige: the presidency of Richard Nixon. A seemingly random robbery at a Washington, D.C. building leads to the first presidential resignation in American history. We will discuss the following events surrounding the Watergate break-in: when did the break-in occur, how was Nixon connected to the break-in. We will also discuss the events surrounding the discovery of the tapes, the issues involved in trying to get the tapes from President Nixon and what is the "18 1/2 minutes of silence". Finally, throughout this paper we will also include Archibald Cox the first Watergate special prosecutor.

Some presidents are remembered for their successes and some are remembered for their scandals. William Jefferson Clinton was a president that is known for his biggest affairs with Monica Lewinsky (John Harris). In 1999 Juanita Broaddrick accused 42nd president William Jay Clinton of sexual assault. He was also accused of pardoning his brothers criminal record (Kaizen). Clinton was a president with many success but most of success were overshadowed by his scandalous behaviors.

The impeachment of President Andrew Johnson was the consequence of political clash and the crack of belief systems in the result of the American Civil War. It emerged from uncompromised convictions and a challenge for control in a country battling with reunification.

With rumors of impeachment beginning to circulate, Nixon finally agreed to turn over the subpoenaed White House tapes. The committee listened to the recordings and discovered an 18-minute gap on one of the tapes. It was surmised that someone had erased part of the tape, but investigators were unable to determine exactly what had happened. In March 1974, seven former presidential aides were indicted on charges of conspiracy to hinder the Watergate investigation, and Nixon was named as an unindicted co-conspirator. On July 24, the Supreme Court voted unanimously to order Nixon to release the rest of the White House recordings, considering them evidence in the case that came to be known as the United States v. Nixon.

In 1999, for the second time in American history, the President of the United States was impeached. For those who don’t know, impeachment means to bring a government official to trial over accusations of illegal or shameful activity. President William Jefferson Clinton, more commonly known as Bill Clinton, took office in 1992 as a leader who had promised to bring a more honest and better government to the American people. This Democratic politician would have his two terms in office defined by self-inflicted shameful events. Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky would go down as one of the most talked about scandals known to man.

The initial similarity obviously lies in the fact that these three gentlemen belong to a very small club of which they are the only members; Presidents who have been impeached. President Clinton underwent impeachment proceedings but was not impeached, those who brought impeachment proceedings were unable to muster enough votes to formally impeach him. President Andrew Johnson also underwent impeachment proceedings but again, those who sought to discredit him were also unable to muster the needed votes, so he too remained in office. President Nixon resigned before he was ousted. An examination of why each of the three were impeached will give us a better understanding of the political climate of the respective times and why Presidents Clinton and Johnson were able to remain in office when President Nixon was forced out.

A controversial issue that occurred not too long ago would be the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton. Clinton was impeached for having an inappropriate and unprofessional relationship with Monic Lewinski. Lewinski served as Clinton’s intern at The White House. The investigation to impeach Clinton began in October 1998 and he was impeached in December 1998. However, “Clinton was spared removal from office after the Senate voted to acquit him in February 1999” (Clinton Impeachment). The argument for Clinton needing to be impeached is that he lied in jury about his relationship status as well as he obstructed justice to cover up the relationship. The argument against Clinton needing to be impeached is the offense he is being charged with is not serious enough for impeachment and if he were removed from

Richard Nixon, the thirty seventh president of the United States, is remembered as the only president to ever resign and step down from his position. He was a Republican congressman and United States senator from California was also served as vice president under Dwight D. Eisenhower. He ran for president twice, failing the first time when he ran against Democrat John F. Kennedy. The next time he ran for the presidential position, he won. As president, some of Nixon's achievements included forging diplomatic ties with China and the Soviet Union and withdrawing U.S. troops from an unpopular war in Vietnam, but unfortunately, his Watergate Scandal activities overshadowed any good that came about his presidency.

No, the president cannot disregard the constitution as the role of the president is described as someone who must uphold the constitution as a supreme law. Every decision that is made by the president is done with consideration to the constitution. The president falls within the executive branch, which enforces polices approved by the legislative authority, referring to the separation of powers. If the president were to disregard the constitution in any way, the national assembly should have at least a two-thirds majority vote in order to impeach the president. The impeachment of the president may only be done if there is a serious violation towards the constitution, if there was misconduct, inability to perform duties. If the president is