Was Bill Clinton Impeachment Justified

What kind of person commits three major violations of the national law and gets away with it? Well that person is Nixon. President Richard Nixon was one of the most famous presidents in the United States. He was mainly renowned for his huge role in the Watergate scandal. The Watergate scandal was important because Nixon and his cabinet arranged to get people to spy on the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate building. After it became clear Nixon was responsible, he manages to resign before he was going to be impeached. President Nixon was involved with the Watergate scandal and should be sentenced to jail because he organized it, which then got leaked out and finally led to his resignation.

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

Andrew Jackson and Richard Nixon should have been impeached. Andrew Jackson was in violation of tenure of office act because he replaced another person without the senate approval. Richard Nixon was accussed for the watergate break in which it was the tape recording that it was recorded. He knew about the break in at the watergate. Nixon was looking at impeachment and conviction but instead of those he resigned as a president. Nixon took the smart move was to take the money if he resigned from presidency if he was impeached he would not get the money. That tells me he was desperate for money. So he took the easy way out. Bill Clinton had the sex scandal going on with Monica and he had faced the impeachment of prejury and obstruction of justices.

Unfortunately, the controversy did not stop with whether or not the pardon was constitutional. Political arguments were by far more compelling than the constitutional arguments. Politically, Ford knew there would be loss in “public standing, relations with Congress, and the Republican Party’s fortunes in the 1974 elections.”12 However, he also realized that because of media publicity Nixon would not receive a fair trial. This is where the controversy begins. People, such as Firmage and Mangrum, argued that the law must be “’applied to all persons equally’” and no one, not even a public official “’be permitted to violate the laws with impunity.’”13 What they failed to realize were the extreme circumstances in which Nixon fell under surrounding Watergate. As a former president Nixon was one of the most powerful figures in the world; the amount of ‘bad’ publicity he received would not allow for a fair trial. Special Prosecutor Jaworski was a firm believer that this type of publicity would make ‘innocent until proven guilty’ null and void if Nixon were to go to trial.14 Ford’s choice to pardon Nixon prior to a trial was a well thought out plan of action given the circumstances.

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

Once every four years’ American citizens who are at least 18 years old vote for president of the United States. The candidate who receives the most Electoral College votes wins. A President cannot serve more than two terms or eight years. President Bill Clinton was elected as the 42nd president in 1993 (“William J. Clinton”). According to the (“White House Biography”) Bill Clinton took office at the end of the cold war and was born in Arkansas. Based upon Education, Homeland Security, and Foreign policies president Bill Clinton was a successful president.

Richard Nixon, though created a large credibility gap within the US, he accomplished a lot for the country. He served five years in the presidential office as a republican (1969-1974), and he was the only president to resign from office in history. Although through his presidency he had accomplished many things, such as creating revenue sharing, ending the draft, and creating anticrime laws, he still had a rough time rebuilding his reputation after many assumptions of corruption in his office. Though he never admittedly pledged guilty to his crimes of taking government funds for his own personal gain, there was proof that he was. After the Watergate scandal, the American people set their mind to believe what the proof led to, so Nixon’s

One of the things Clinton is most famous for, but not the proudest of, is his affairs. The issue of Clinton having an affair with Monica Lewinsky is purely personal. It should have been discussed within his family and in his family alone. Many people seem to forget that Presidents before him have done the exact same thing. John F Kennedy is probably the best known with his affairs. This doesn't diminish the fact that Clinton took it one step farther and lied about the affairs.

Lincoln didn’t necessarily like the thought of stopping the press from printing stories about him or the war itself, but given the fact that some of the news outlets and reporters were in danger of interfering with the war by causing soldiers to desert their post, Lincoln almost had no choice but to silence the press. Lincoln felt it was the correct thing to do given the grave danger it was potentially putting his soldiers in, as well as his overall plan for the United States.

In 1999, Bill Clinton’s presidency was mixed with a few huge scandals. He had harrassment lawsuits against him and he was also accused of having an affair. These infamous events led to a trial of impeachment. There was a huge debate on whether Clinton should stay the President of the United States of America or whether he should be impeached. The end result of the debate favored on the side of Bill Clinton. He was declared innocent. He apologized to everyone and said “I believe any person who asks for forgiveness has to be prepared to give it”. You can see God’s hand on him in two ways. Even through his tough time, he was able to continue being a leader for our country and his journey didn’t end. Another way you can see God’s hand is in the

On August 17, 1998, exactly one year after making the statement above, President Bill Clinton prepared to deliver a speech concerning a scandal that had gripped the nation for months. It is needless to say that this was an important moment during the Clinton administration. After accusations of sexual harassment, Clinton addressed the nation and admitted to having a relationship with Monica Lewinsky. In this critical speech Clinton set out to admit to wrong-doings, provide a few reasons for his

On January 17th, 1998, President Clinton videotaped a deposition for the Paula Jones lawsuit against him. December 19th, eleven months later, Bill Clinton became only the second president in our nation’s history to face impeachment from congress. The 1998-1999 was a tumultuous year for the President, the media, and the American people as a whole.

President Clinton was a man entangled in his own ruins. He went from one lie to another and eventually was so caught up in them, that he was trapped. These lies brought on his downfall as a great leader. He was flawed like everyone, yet being a representative of the people, you need to keep these flaws hidden so that weakness is not shown. His failings were revealed to the whole world and his pride and integrity fell with them. The world no longer saw a leader, but a broken man. This was his ultimate failure. However, another big failure Clinton had while in office was his failure to

There was an issue in 1998 that involved personal indiscretions with a young woman White House intern, which cause Bill to be the second U.S. President to be impeached by the House of Representatives.