Word: impeachers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Speaking on the possible impeachment of President Nixon, Smith said, "Until there is an upsurge of public opinion in favor of impeachment, I don't think Congress will impeach...
...meeting was touted as an "Impeach-In," but that topic was discussed only marginally by Arthur MacEwan, representatives of the New American Movement and author Kirkpatrick Sale...
Congressmen are aware that, in the latest measurement by Louis Harris, they rate lower in public approval than the President himself. If impeachment is primarily a political act, the prospect can only distress those who worry about the low es tate of politics these days. Of course, low politics is undeniably present, with some adamantly for or against impeach ment for partisan reasons. But the majority of Representatives are now waiting for the framing of the charges by Attorneys John Doar and Albert Jenner, majority and minority counsel respectively, to the Judiciary Committee. Just as there are high crimes...
Politics of that kind was very much involved in the nation's one previous attempt to impeach a President, and the sorry case against Andrew Johnson has given impeachment a bad name for a century since. The principal charge against Johnson was his defiance of an act of Congress that was later declared unconstitutional...
Clearly, a lot more misconduct than this can be adduced against Nixon, even with the wider latitude now given to Presidents. But it is only fair to note that dubious behavior by other recent Presidents did not lead to their impeachment. The New York City Bar argues that Congress should impeach Nixon "only if it would be prepared to take the same action against any President who engaged in comparable conduct in similar circumstances." The issue is not how good a President Nixon has been, or how popular he is, or whether he has had foreign policy successes or economic...