Word: trialing
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Impeachment, by the way, is voted by the House--think of it as an indictment--but removal (conviction) is decided after a Senate trial. The framers were clear that impeachment is a solemn matter; to its credit, the House has generally taken the responsibility seriously. It has voted to impeach only one President and 15 other men--13 judges; President Ulysses Grant's Secretary of War; and Senator William Blount of Tennessee, who tried in the 1790s to get Indian tribes to invade Florida and Louisiana (then owned by Spain), kill a bunch of people and force the survivors' allegiance...
...resign. Staff members from his office had compiled binders full of material on impeachment procedures. By waging a phony war over whether to give Clinton an advance look at Starr's report, Democrats laid the groundwork for a claim that the whole process ahead will be a show trial. "I feel that the Republicans were so wrongheaded not to let the President have a couple of days to review this document," said Democrat Henry Waxman, who nevertheless voted for the resolution to release the report. However deplorable Clinton's conduct, the hurry to send the report out over the Internet...
There is no guidance on the books about what constitutes actual grounds for impeachment: Nixon resigned before a Senate trial unfolded. But at the time, a third-year law student named John Whitehead interviewed a congressional candidate on the subject: "I think the definition should include any criminal acts, plus a willful failure of the President to fulfill his duty to uphold and execute the laws of the United States," the candidate replied. "The third factor that I think constitutes an impeachable offense would be willful, reckless behavior in office, just totally incompetent conduct in the office and the disregard...
...outside expert, who reported that she suffered from no identifiable disability. Her scores on a reading test were not high, but the expert felt they were well above the range of disability. (In fact, Bartlett reads better than 30 percent of the population.) Not surprisingly, for the trial Bartlett was able to hire her own expert to contradict the bar expert's diagnosis; this was enough for the court to rule in her favor...
...real difference between calling oneself an activist and actually being one. So many people are attempting to find their place in a community and comprehend their duty to that community. To me, Mandela is an individual who understands that duality perfectly. His statement of defense during the Rivonia trial reveals this...