Conduct of Harry E. Claiborne, U.S. District Judge, District of Nevada: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session, on H. Res. 461 ... June 19, 1986, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1986 - 157 pages |
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... person impeached could no longer be put to death , as in England , and they withheld from the President power to pardon the impeached officer . One thing is clear in our system of Government , and it was made clear right here in this ...
... person impeached could no longer be put to death , as in England , and they withheld from the President power to pardon the impeached officer . One thing is clear in our system of Government , and it was made clear right here in this ...
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... persons except committee members and designated staff . I understand that this will take perhaps some 15 minutes or so . Witnesses will find , I suspect , quarters on the side , either side of the committee room , to wait to be called ...
... persons except committee members and designated staff . I understand that this will take perhaps some 15 minutes or so . Witnesses will find , I suspect , quarters on the side , either side of the committee room , to wait to be called ...
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... person who knew , by his own admission , transcript at page 923 , how to handle capital transactions . He is a person who has stated that he clearly knew the difference between Schedule C income and capital gains income , page 923 of ...
... person who knew , by his own admission , transcript at page 923 , how to handle capital transactions . He is a person who has stated that he clearly knew the difference between Schedule C income and capital gains income , page 923 of ...
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... person with whom Judge Claiborne had associated himself in con- nection with another legal matter , Peter Echeverria , wrote Judge Claiborne a $ 42,452.34 check , which Judge Claiborne received and deposited in January 1980 , so this ...
... person with whom Judge Claiborne had associated himself in con- nection with another legal matter , Peter Echeverria , wrote Judge Claiborne a $ 42,452.34 check , which Judge Claiborne received and deposited in January 1980 , so this ...
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... have been presented originally by you rather than in response to a question . It necessitates such a long response , the record is so long , that it should not militate against the person asking the question in terms of using all 18.
... have been presented originally by you rather than in response to a question . It necessitates such a long response , the record is so long , that it should not militate against the person asking the question in terms of using all 18.
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Page 4 - No evidence or testimony taken in executive session may be released or used in public sessions without the consent of the committee.
Page 131 - Judgment in cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of Honour, Trust, or Profit under the United States : but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment, and Punishment according to Law.
Page 143 - Congress, did attempt to bring into disgrace, ridicule, hatred, contempt and reproach the Congress of the United States, and the several branches thereof, to impair and destroy the regard and respect of all the good people of the United States...
Page 68 - Commentary Public confidence in the judiciary is eroded by irresponsible or improper conduct by judges. A judge must avoid all impropriety and appearance of impropriety. He must expect to be the subject of constant public scrutiny. He must therefore accept restrictions on his conduct that might be viewed as burdensome by the ordinary citizen and should do so freely and willingly.
Page 143 - ... which said utterances, declarations, threats, and harangues, highly censurable in any, are peculiarly indecent and unbecoming in the Chief Magistrate of the United States, by means whereof said Andrew Johnson has brought the high office of the President of the United States into contempt, ridicule, and disgrace, to the great scandal of all good citizens; whereby said Andrew Johnson.
Page 137 - States, having been guilty of a high misdemeanor, entirely inconsistent with his public trust and duty as a Senator, be, and he hereby is, expelled from the Senate of the United States.
Page 107 - PINCKNEY did not see the necessity of impeachments. He was sure they ought not to issue from the Legislature, who would in that case hold them as a rod over the Executive, and by that means effectually destroy his independence.
Page 143 - United -States, unmindful of the high duties of his office and of his oath of office, with intent unlawfully to control the disbursements of the moneys appropriated for the military service and for the Department of War, on the...
Page 108 - If any person guilty of, or charged with, treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor, in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall, upon demand of the governor or executive power of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence.
Page 109 - It is a technical term. It is used in a very old statute of that country whose language is our language, and whose laws form the substratum of our laws. It is scarcely conceivable that the term was not employed by the framers of our constitution in the sense which had been affixed to it by those from whom we borrowed it.