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    Introduction Good afternoon. I am grateful to Chancellor Rt. Hon. the Lord Patten of Barnes, Vice Chancellor Professor Andrew Hamilton and indeed the entire leadership of this great University for extending an invitation to have me speak here today. I have spoken at many places but engaging any form of audience at the prestigious Oxford University is something that I really have to place on my curriculum vitae. I am also grateful to the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Ambassador Mathew Barzun

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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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    Parents, do you care about your kids? Do you ever wonder or worry about how your kids future life will be? Well if you truly care about your kids future, then vote for a good president that you will feel confident about. Trump may be our president now, but we can change that by impeaching President Trump, so we can get another president that is more dependable.     However, when Obama was president, United States felt like they were safe and that everything will be marvelous . Obama had his own care

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    Nixon Impeachment

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    Impeachment 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

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    Impeachment Of Brazil

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    or try and prevent it. The fault for hardship always falls on the shoulders of an individual, and in Brazil’s case, Ms. Rouseff. Protests in the streets of Sao Paulo with people carrying large banners reading “impeachment” reflect the frustration with the country. But, will impeachment of a president really solve the economic problems of an entire nation? Of course not, but that seems to be the logic throughout history. Herbert Hoover was blamed for the Great Depression, and recently, George

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    The Impeachment Case

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    are facing the second impeachment trial in our history, this time of the highest leadership of the Judiciary, a branch of government not usually thrown political intrigue. Impeachment, which forms part of our constitutional system of checks and balances, originated in England and was later adopted by American colonial governments. We subsequently adopted this concept, among numerous others, in our own Constitution. Academic studies show that, historically speaking, impeachment has been used as a powerful

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    Examples Of Impeachment

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    On November 15th, six democrats in congress issued five articles of impeachment for President Trump. The five articles entailed unconstitutional actions number one being obstruction of justice for when President Trump fired F.B.I. director James comey. Number two is a violation of Article I Section 9 for taking money from foreign affairs without congress consent. Number three is a violation of Article II Section 1 for reasons not stated in this article but Article II entails the details for being

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    Pardon Impeachment

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    According to Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 "The President . . . shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment." It means that the President had the power to grant pardon to a person who commits crime or offence against the United States, it abolish all the legal effects of a conviction. It can be granted from the time the offense was committed or after the full sentences has been served. The President’s power to pardon is

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    long as a Representative and for two years more than the President, without re-election of course. Senators are required to be five years older than Representatives, but five years younger than the president, and they are also responsible for the Impeachment process. It's interesting that Treason requires at least two eye-witness to overt treason, or open admission within court, and the punishment can only be against the person who committed the crime, and not their associates or family. George

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    William had some things in common. One of those things was that they were all presidents, and the other thing is they all faced impeachment. They all had events leading up to a Congressional vote, the end result of each situation, and they either agreed or disagreed about reasons for their impeachment. First, is about Andrew Johnson. The reason why he faced impeachment is because before Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, Johnson organized a plan to reconstruct that would be towards the defeat of

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