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Democratic Governor Jim Florio already has a taxpayer revolt on his hands. More than 500,000 voters have signed a petition calling for a rollback of the hikes imposed in June, and IMPEACH FLORIO bumper stickers are sprouting. Limiting federal deductions for state levies to $10,000 a year would hit more than 48,000 residents with an average $5,400 in additional taxes and could further undermine Florio's progressive tax reforms...
...comeback began last winter when he and his supporters, known as "Evanistas," once again took control of the Republican Party, winning a resolution at the state convention declaring the U.S. a "Christian nation." The Republican speaker of the house and the leader of the senate, who had voted to impeach Mecham, were defeated in primaries. On the highways, EV WAS RIGHT bumper stickers began to outnumber EVAN THE TERRIBLE. It was a remarkable turnaround for a Governor who became a laughingstock for defending the use of the word pickaninny and swearing his office was bugged with lasers...
...prove their case with evidence obtained illegally from a defendant. The court has long made an exception in cases in which the defendant takes the stand, by allowing the use of tainted evidence to attack his credibility. But last week the Justices refused to permit such evidence to impeach the credibility of a witness testifying in support of a Chicago murder defendant. The ruling left some experts scratching their heads and anticipating future criminal cases because the fifth and deciding vote came from Justice Byron White, normally one of the staunchest judicial critics of the exclusionary rule...
According to Edwards, the problem with punishing misconduct arises from Constitutional ambiguity. "There are three categories of misconduct [which Congress may impeach judges for]," said Edwards...
...Criminal misbehavior, treasonous misbehavior and not good misbehavior. I reject the theory that impeachable behavior is the same as not good behavior. Congress and only Congress can impeach judges, but if Congress doesn't impeach, an alternative must exist...