Sentences with phrase «impeachment by»

Such an answer is not subject to impeachment by any adversary.
Would a fresh impeachment by the House (on the same charges) be necessary?
The only mechanism for removing the vice president from office is impeachment by the House of Representatives followed by conviction by the Senate.
Mayor of Tamale, Musah Iddrisu Superior, who is facing a possible impeachment by the Assembly has received one of the strongest backings since some assembly members petitioned the Presiding Member for his removal.
South Korean markets were generally stable after the country's president, Park Geun - hye, was removed from office by a court ruling, which upheld her impeachment by the South Korean parliament at the end of 2016.

Not exact matches

And, by the way, we were furious about the past presidential election of a man whose presidency would eventually end in disgrace with his impeachment for obstruction of justice.
He will be replaced by Emmet Flood, who was part of President Bill Clinton's legal team during his impeachment.
The impeachment movements against Rousseff, Zuma, and Bentley are all supported in part by secret recordings.
For Trump in particular, complete transparency could backfire by amplifying suspicion and further escalating calls for his impeachment on allegations of obstructing justice, accepting gifts from foreign powers, or treason.
Trump is being tried now in the court of public opinion, and he is likely to be tried later by Congress during an impeachment inquiry.
Cobb will be replaced by Emmet Flood, a lawyer who previously represented President Clinton during his impeachment.
The past 24 hours of news in President Donald Trump's various legal imbroglios — the replacement of outgoing lawyer Ty Cobb with Emmet T. Flood, who represented Bill Clinton during his impeachment as president, and the admission of Rudy Giuliani to Sean Hannity (subsequently confirmed by Trump on Twitter) that Trump did in fact reimburse Michael Cohen for a $ 130,000 payment made to porn actress Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 election — are powerful reminders of something that can't be said often enough: Trump and his White House lie all the time, without apparent compunction.
As Breitbart News reported, the Washington Post and the Hill obtained a copy of the eight articles of impeachment drawn up by the conservative House Freedom Caucus against Rosenstein because he has not provided the documentation requested as part an investigation into FBI surveillance during the 2016 presidential election.
Let's wise up people: The decisions of a President are regulated by law, even though he has some discretion the country would not allow anyone to go way beyond his limits, for that we have impeachments.
«Necessary Impeachments, Necessary Acquittals» by Tod Lindberg, Policy Review, February / March, 2000.
Every midterm since 1994 has been highly nationalized by historic standards, a result not only of huge events — the first health care reform proposal (1994), the looming impeachment (1998), the 9 - 11 attack and the prospect of the Iraq War (2002), the Iraq War (2006), and now Obama's «change» agenda (2010)-- but also of sharpening party conflicts that draw clearer divisions on national issues.
He was frustrated by the radicals, whom Kennedy describes as «frenzied» and «fanatical,» and who engineered his impeachment.
Impeachment is a use of something like judicial power by the legislative branch.
The main take - away from all the above is this: Hamilton, the likely author of # 65, and Madison and Jay also, to the extent this particular paper was run by them in advance (scholars think such a preview was done sometimes, but not generally), did not understood impeachment for «high crimes and misdemeanors» as referring to an easily defined category.
In many cases it [impeachment] will connect itself with the pre-existing factions... and in such cases there will always be the greatest danger that the decision will be regulated more by the comparative strength of parties than by the real demonstrations of innocence or guilt.
The second, Kevin Williamson on Why Obama Deserves Impeachment, is the bill of constitutional violations committed by our President.
You can't wipe a refs (even as expired as old Mike) by street protesting or legal impeachment.
He is instructed therein by the declaration «take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed» made in Article II, Section 3, Clause 5, else he faces impeachment.
There seems to exist among mass media owners a common perception that Rousseff is tragically inept, and that her impeachment, although not ideal and possibly not legal, could at least unlock the current paralysis faced by the government.
Moral reasons aside, it is still not evident, in legal terms, whether, and to what extent, alleged wrongdoings committed by Park generate legal consequences that can make a decisive case for her impeachment.
Although there is a precedent of presidential impeachment in South Korea dating from 2004, it was in the end reversed by the court partly because then President Roh Moo - hyun had overwhelming public support.
In short, the US House of Representatives votes on «Articles of Impeachment» against the president (by simple majority), and the US Senate holds a «trial» to examine the evidence and render a verdict.
Trump lawyer Ty Cobb is leaving the president's legal team and is being replaced by Emmet Flood, who represented President Bill Clinton during his impeachment.
If the office of the Governor becomes vacant by reason of death, resignation, impeachment or inability to serve, the Lieutenant Governor will fill the office until a Governor is qualified to act or until the office is filled at the next election.
Earlier, the Clerk of the house, Alhaji Hussaini Ali had announced that he received an impeachment notice signed by 25 of the 30 assembly members, and which he read on the floor of the house.
The impeachment and removal of South Korean President Park led to her replacement by President Moon, whose party has long felt they could negotiate with North Korea.
If the full committee, by majority vote, determines that grounds for impeachment exist, a resolution impeaching the individual in question and setting forth specific allegations of misconduct, in one or more articles of impeachment, will be reported to the full House.
Members of the U.S. House of Representative, of the U.S. Senate, the President and the Vice President can not be recalled by the voters, only by impeachment in the case of the President and Vice President, the 25th Amendment in the case of the President, and expulsion by their respective chambers in the case of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate.
Mr Abubakar Hayatu (APC - Uba / Gaya) moved the motion for the impeachment of the deputy speaker and was seconded by Abubakar Abdurrahman (APC - Mubi South).
Also, Hall's contemplation of impeachment could be a little much for this largely suburban district that elected George Bush by nine points over John Kerry.
For example, if a US president faces impeachment hearings for some offense, but fails to be impeached by the House, could he or she face a new impeachment hearing on the same charges if, say, a mid-term election changes the majority party?
An appeal to the precedents of prior non-Presidential impeachment proceedings might be relevant and considered seriously by members of Congress in making their decisions.
The impeachment process according to article 2, section 4 of the constitution can only be initiated by congress.
And what are the odds that the House GOP crazies will initiate impeachment proceedings against Barack by next year?
Umar, fondly known as UTC, was chosen by the late Governor Danbaba Suntai as his deputy after the impeachment of the then Deputy Governor, Sani Abubakar.
We thought that nobody should embarrass the president by going the way of impeachment; what for?
What you could do is propose an amendment to the bylaws before the impeachment process which fixes that hole by rewriting the above part to exclude the accused from the vote for impeachment.
Ladies and Gentlemen, as can be noted from the motion, contrary to the claims being made by members of the minority and their surrogates in the media that this recall of Parliament is to impeach His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama, nowhere in their motion is there the remotest suggestion of impeachment of the President.
He had taken an oath of office, whether rightly or wrongly but he was impeached along the line and later, the impeachment was voided by the court.
«So, once Fayose can prove that he was illegally removed and that illegality has been confirmed by a court of law, it means that in the eyes of the law, he was still a governor but was prevented from acting during the impeachment.
At the same time, the embattled governor acknowledged his fate rests in the hands of the state legislature, which by many accounts is set to begin the impeachment process when it re-convenes in January, pending the outcome of a state ethics panel investigation into Sanford's travel expenses.
But unlike Dikko, Buhari was more forthcoming when he further said the Federal Executive Council must save the nation from the current agony by declaring the president incapacitated to pave the way for his impeachment.
From the abandonment of the party's clear procedure on impeachment to the improper referral of bogus complaints to the Disciplinary Committee to the faulty convening of the National Executive Committee by a man who stood to benefit from the action, there are enough errors to reverse Mr. Afoko's removal ten times over in court.
Hundreds of protesters have flooded the Enugu government house, kicking against the planned impeachment of Governor Sullivan Chime by members of the State's House of Assembly...
The Senate on Thursday tasked its judiciary committee on Judiciary for legal advice on the motion for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari which was moved by Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Matthew Urhoghide.
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