You Can’t Swallow the Truth: The Ethics of the Clinton Impeachment

The only way to manage faction is to remove its causes and to control its effects. By removing its causes Madison believes that liberty will be destroyed, or that by giving every citizen the same opinions, passions, and interests, would be impossible because people can never all be the same. Madison wanted the United States to be a republic, a form of democracy in which power is vested in representatives, so there will be a greater number of citizens represented and we will also be able to have more control over the factions effects.

In the words of the 36th President, Lyndon Johnson, “A President’s hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.” In the case of Bill Clinton’s relationship with Monica Lewinsky, he did not know what was right and in turn, did not do what was right. Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton carried on a behind the scenes sexual relationship that lasted two years during Clinton’s time in the white house, this relationship led to a federal investigation into the Clinton Presidency and later led to Bill being impeached. After his impeachment trial, Clinton was wrongly acquitted. Even though Bill Clinton was a good President, he should have been convicted for lying about his relationship

This assignment asks us to compare and contrast the impeachment proceedings of Presidents Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and William Clinton, while identifying the ethical dilemmas presented by each. In addition, students are to categorize the ethical violations of each President by severity and discuss whether the actions by the Senate were politically motivated or ethical.

I believe that President Clinton should've been impeached not because he cheated on his wife but because he tried to cover it up with a lie and things escalated from there. To begin Clinton has been tried for sexual contact before and here is a summary of that case. “Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681 (1997), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case establishing that a sitting President of the United States has no immunity from civil law litigation against him or her, for acts done before taking office and unrelated to the office.”(1). I used that as an example just to show that it happened before Ms. Lewinsky. I also believe he should of been impeached because of his stupidity. He gave Lewinsky full access to everything in the White House.

When Bill Clinton became the president of the United States of America some investigations took place when he was accused more than one thing. These investigations were the caused for his impeachment.

According to James Madison the problem was the factions. He suggests that we keep the problem in hand by removing its cause and also by controlling its effects. I would be smart if he did not remove its cause because it may destroy liberty and give everyone the same opinion. If he controlled the effects then he will have two different types of factions a minority and a majority. So he might want to control the cause.The first problem with the factions was that they were very violent. “ its tendency to break and control the violence of faction.” This quote explains that the factions are becoming out of control and may need to be handled by James Madison. “ The instability, injustice, and confusion introduced into the public councils, have,

On August 6, Lewinsky appeared before the grand jury to begin her testimony, and on August 17 President Clinton testified. Contrary to his testimony in the Paula Jones sexual-harassment case, President Clinton acknowledged to prosecutors from the office of the independent counsel that he had had an extramarital affair with Ms. Lewinsky. In four hours of closed-door testimony, conducted in the Map Room of the White House, Clinton spoke live via closed-circuit television to a grand jury in a nearby federal courthouse. He was the first sitting president ever to testify before a grand jury investigating his conduct. That evening, President Clinton also gave a four-minute televised address to the nation in which he admitted he had engaged in an inappropriate relationship with Lewinsky. In the brief speech, which was wrought with legalisms, the word “sex” was never spoken, and the word “regret” was used only in reference to his admission that he misled the public and his family.

When Clinton was running for president a women named Gennifer Flowers opened up to the media about a 12 year affair that Clinton and Flowers had. She told the media that she was given a job in the State House of Arkansas that she was unqualified for while Clinton was president. In a 60 Minutes interview, Clinton admitted to causing “pain” in his marriage but he also said “the allegations are false” (15). This shows Clinton’s “tendency to play with words and

According to Ann Coulter (2002), Clinton’s entire presidency was just a game to him and he made a mockery of the American people (p. 28). Margaret O’Brien Steinfels (1999) believed that Clinton was a horrible excuse for a political leader and an even worse moral leader due to his mistrust (para. 6). Many Americans shared these feelings and were left feeling betrayed after they supported President Clinton. It certainly affected the way they would choose their presidents from there on. Daniel Cohen (2000) concluded that the Clinton Presidency would permanently change the way Americans viewed their political leaders as well (p. 10). Clinton not only discredited his position as president by having a sex scandal blow up but he might have fooled Americans with his deceitful, self-serving actions. These actions certainly constituted an impeachment and left doubts with the people he

The Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislator Black Caucus prides itself on honesty and loyalty. With this being said, we cannot give our endorsement to James Mathews. The role of the Black Caucus is not to act as a trophy to display diversity, and it is certainly not to be used as a pawn in a malicious political agenda. A narrative has been created that implied the Black Caucus lead the charge for the impeachment of Nick Limbo, these allegations are completely false. The six signatures that contributed to the fifty need for the motion of impeachment were only signed after James Mathews personally handed the petition to the chairwoman, and even after the fact; chairwomen’s decision to ask members to signed the petition was made after it was

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

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

“Ambition must be made to counteract ambition ” This quote from James Madison refers to a democratic government where the Legislative, Executive and Judicial arms were ultimately created to work against each other to evoke compromise. In the Federalist, Madison examines the structure of the government as well as looks into the distribution of power amongst the three arms of the constitution. Madison also suggests that, “the accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive and judiciary, in the same hands… may justly pronounce the very definition of tyranny ”.

Rare is a person that crosses the path of the White House without some emotion of envy or awe. This building epitomizes world leadership and unprecedented power. This renowned leadership may be the only association made by certain countries, while in the United States many see an other significance: Watergate, Whitewater, Kennedy's brutal and mysterious assassination, and today, Clinton's "zippergate" scandal. When the President of the United States takes oath, he gives up a part of his life. His private life becomes the public's life, and they feel the right to know what happens behind the Oval Office. Now the Presidency must battle against Newspaper journalists, radio personalities, televised news

Seventeen years after the United States Senate rejected two articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, America is getting a mulligan. It’s getting another chance to prove we really are a nation of laws, that rich and poor, powerful and weak — and the Clintons — stand equal before a blindfolded Justice. (Goodwin)