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    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

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    The Impeachment of President Bill Clinton 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

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    television. It was basically on every channel, the House of Representative voted to impeach President Bill Clinton. I remember the news asking people what they thought. The people they asked were divided. The older crowd was for his removal from office and the younger crowd was against it. President Bill Clinton’s impeachment was not the first in American history. The first presidential impeachment was in 1868 when President Johnson had removed the then War Secretary. This was two years after the Tenure

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    Considering what you learned and know about Clinton, was impeachment an appropriate response? No, I do not think that the impeachment an appropriate response. In the New York Times Overview, one quote that really stands out is from Mr. Gephardt ''Our founding fathers created a system of government of men, not of angels, ''No one standing in this House today can pass a puritanical test of purity that some are demanding that our elected leaders take. If we demand that mere mortals live up to this

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    1999- Clinton Escapes Impeachment In the year 1998, Clinton was investigated and then accused of improperly using money from the company Whitewater Development and using it to fund one of his previous campaigns. However, what made the public hostile towards Clinton would have to be the discovery that he possibly had an affair with White House Intern, Monica Lewinsky. He even lied about it under a presidential oath on national television, despite their being clear evidence. It was after these two

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    Hillary Clinton her self, claimed that President Trump committed crimes of treason by colluding with Russia to Influence and interfere with the election! She had the backing of most of the DNC as well! They have Cried, Rallied, Protested, resisted and obstructed the President of The United States of America ever since the day he was FAIRLY and RIGHTFULLY elected into office! They have filed law suits against him and demanded he be impeached for allegations of collusion! All the while it was in

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    On November 3, 1992 William Jefferson Clinton was elected President of the United States. Even though his campaign was troubled by accusations of draft dodging, the newly elected President won by promising to address pressing economic issues, including the ever escalating national debt. Throughout their entire two terms, the Clinton-Gore Administration made America thrive. Social reform, improved education, and exuberant economic prosperity crowded the long list of the administration's accomplishments

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    Almost ten years in the past, Bill Clinton’s story in the White House is all but written in stone. No matter the accomplishments the administration accomplished in its time, Clinton’s extramarital affair and subsequent impeachment will pervade, if not dominate, the president’s legacy. The major facts stand mostly undisputed: the president engaged in sexual activity with Monica Lewinsky and maneuvered to keep the affair secret, culminating in explicit lies to a grand jury. Republican opponents of

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    trying to take them down and invade their privacy, which Bill Clinton learned the hard way of. Clinton had led on an affair with his intern, Monica S. Lewinsky, in 1995 to 1997 and was brought into the light, causing for the view of him to change within the House. Clinton’s affair and lies would cause for discussions of impeachment to rise. The question does come into play, would Clinton’s denial of the affair worth the cause of his impeachment? Bill Clinton’s partaking in an inappropriate relationship

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    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

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    The Impeachment of Bill Clinton 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. Furthermore President Bill Clinton has not been honest either. He was the youngest

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    For this assignment I chose Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton was impeached on two charges: lying under oath and obstruction of justice. Mr. Clinton lied under oath about his affair with Monica Lewinsky, but that was not the grounds for impeachment. So, was Bill Clinton’s impeachment justified? No. There cannot have been an obstruction of justice if the per suite of truth in this case was not itself a just pursuit. You were lied to, yes by the President, who had an understandable and very personal reason

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    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. The initial similarity obviously lies in the fact that these three gentlemen belong to a very small club of which they are

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    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

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    encounters and affair with President Bill Clinton. This exposed the character of the President himself. The recorded conversations were later handed over to independent counsel Starr as a part of the investigation. This led to Kenneth Starr discovering that Clinton had sexual encounters with another woman and could be used as an addition to the Jones case. In fact that is what ended up happening. In a journal by Karen A. Popp called, The Impeachment of President Clinton: An Ugly Mix of Three Powerful Forces

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    they are published and are accessible to the American public by way of the Starr Report (http://CNN.com/starr.report/)and the mainstream media. The impeachment of the President symbolizes the pinnacle of the integration of sex and politics by the media. Flynt’s cravings for power and his obsession with sex have inspired his actions. The impeachment trials created an atmosphere in which a porn king, Larry Flynt, was able to capture the attention of the American public.

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    women have to come forward to put a stop to sexual harassment. Tony Yue Mr. Quincey Social Studies 16 November 2017 Article 1 “6 Democrats introduce 5 Articles of Impeachment against President Trump” By JOHN PARKINSON November 15, 2017, 2:27 PM ET Abc NEWS http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrats-introduce-articles-impeachment-president-trump/story?id=51167864

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    Johnson was one of the most unfortunate Presidents. Over time there has been a controversial debate as to whether Johnson deserved to be impeached, or if it was an unconstitutional attempt by Congress to infringe upon the president's authority. The impeachment of Andrew Johnson was politically motivated. The spirit of the Jacksonian democracy inspired Andrew Johnson. In 1857, Johnson was then elected to represent Tennessee in the US Senate. "While serving in the Senate, Johnson became an advocate of the

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    The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson Impeachment, in the United States and Great Britain proceeding by a legislature for the removal of office of a public official charged with misconduct in office. Impeachment compromises both the act of formulating the accusation and the resulting trial of charges; it is frequently but mistakenly taken to mean removal from office of an accused official. An impeachment trial may result in an acquittal or in a verdict of guilty. The

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    Gay Politician No 5: Phillip Hinkle The Indiana State representative who voted to pass a constitutional amendment defining marriage as solely something between a man and a woman was caught trying to bribe an 18-year-old male he met on Craigslist for sexual favors. The Indi Star reported that the emails were sent form Hinkle’s publicly listed personal address. In the emails he asked the young man for a couple of hours your time tonight and offered cash up front, with about fifty to sixty dollars

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