Word: kerner
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...impeachment process; or,' if he is a legislator, he can be expelled' by his colleagues. But when should they vote, when should a convicted official resign? After the jury pronounces its verdict or after the last appeal is exhausted? The troubles of U.S. Appeals Court Judge Otto Kerner and California's Lieutenant Governor Ed Reinecke have given the questions new importance...
...Kerner stood down from his judicial duties even before he was tried on charges growing out of race-track kickbacks during his 1961-68 term as Illinois Governor. But he refused to resign. Indeed the House Judiciary Committee in the initial stages of its Nixon study was also thinking about an impeachment of Kerner. Last month, only five days before he went behind bars and one day after his last appeal failed, Kerner finally did resign. In the 14 months since his conviction, Kerner had collected nearly $50,000 in federal...
James R. Thompson Jr., 38, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, has done more to dismantle Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's political machine than all his predecessors combined. In less than three years he has convicted former Illinois Governor Otto Kerner, Cook County Clerk Edward Barrett, three aldermen, two police captains and more than a dozen other state and local officials, most of them Democrats. A strapping (6 ft. 6 in.) Chicago native and ex-law professor who describes himself as a "middle-of-the-road" Republican, "Big Jim" Thompson is the favorite choice of Cook County...
TOWNES VAN ZANDT--The best thing about Townes Van Zandt is his name. They should name a city after him just so you could see that name on signs and post offices. His style reminds me of Spider John Kerner, mostly because I don't like it. But fans of pretty good guitar playing, a sincere, if somewhat marble-mouthed voice, and Nashville's combination of James Taylor and white blues will...
Because of Agnew's stand, according to this scenario, the constitutional questions have become more significant. Particularly relevant is a pending appeal by Otto Kerner, a former Illinois Governor and federal judge convicted of bribery and fraud. Kerner is appealing, in part, on grounds that he was illegally tried while not yet impeached as a judge, an issue not raised before the trial. The Justice Department, which will oppose Kerner's appeal, must mesh its constitutional arguments with whatever stand it takes in Agnew's case. As this requires more time, the Baltimore grand jury will consider...