Background and History of Impeachment: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, November 9, 1998U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998 - 388 halaman |
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... grand jury on August 17 . It is important to understand the context of the President's ini- tial false statements under oath that are shown in this evidence . This is not a case in which the President was 3.
... grand jury on August 17 . It is important to understand the context of the President's ini- tial false statements under oath that are shown in this evidence . This is not a case in which the President was 3.
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... grand jury in an effort to interfere with the due administration of justice . The President's lawyers and some of the witnesses who will tes- tify today contend that such conduct by a President of the United States is not impeachable ...
... grand jury in an effort to interfere with the due administration of justice . The President's lawyers and some of the witnesses who will tes- tify today contend that such conduct by a President of the United States is not impeachable ...
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... grand jury on August 17 . It is important to understand the context of the President's initial false state- ments under oath . This was not a case in which the President was surprised by a question about Ms. Lewinsky . On the contrary ...
... grand jury on August 17 . It is important to understand the context of the President's initial false state- ments under oath . This was not a case in which the President was surprised by a question about Ms. Lewinsky . On the contrary ...
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... grand jury , is so detrimental to our system of justice that it absolutely cannot be ignored . I will listen carefully and respectfully to what every participant has to say here today , and I will give every witness's testimony earnest ...
... grand jury , is so detrimental to our system of justice that it absolutely cannot be ignored . I will listen carefully and respectfully to what every participant has to say here today , and I will give every witness's testimony earnest ...
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... Grand Jury witnesses because they were , after all , under oath . If we follow the Chairman's advice , we will conclude the inquiry expeditiously , but not fairly , and not without trashing the Constitution and every principle of due ...
... Grand Jury witnesses because they were , after all , under oath . If we follow the Chairman's advice , we will conclude the inquiry expeditiously , but not fairly , and not without trashing the Constitution and every principle of due ...
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Halaman 271 - Time works changes, brings into existence new conditions and purposes. Therefore a principle to be vital must be capable of wider application than the mischief which gave it birth.
Halaman 244 - Whoever, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered...
Halaman 132 - It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule indeed extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who that is a sincere friend to it can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric ? Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
Halaman 35 - That the people have an original right to establish for their future government such principles as, in their opinion, shall most conduce to their own happiness, is the basis on which the whole American fabric has been erected. The exercise of this original right is a very great exertion; nor can it, nor ought it, to be frequently repeated. The principles, therefore, so established are deemed fundamental, and as the authority from which they proceed is supreme and can seldom act, they are designed...
Halaman 132 - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice : And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Halaman 271 - In the application of a constitution, therefore, our contemplation cannot be only of what has been but of what may be.
Halaman 62 - The efficacy of various principles is now well understood, which were either not known at all, or imperfectly known to the ancients. The regular distribution of power into distinct departments; the introduction of legislative balances and checks; the institution of courts composed of judges holding their offices during good behavior; the representation of the people in the legislature by deputies of their own election: these are wholly new discoveries, or have made their principal progress towards...
Halaman 260 - When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies. The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers ; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
Halaman 127 - The prosecution of them for this reason, will seldom fail to agitate the passions of the whole community, and to divide it into parties, more or less friendly, or inimical, to the accused.
Halaman 174 - States, for the purpose of aiding and assisting such subjects in their attempts to avoid criminal liability; (8) making false or misleading public statements for the purpose of deceiving the people of the United States into believing that a thorough and complete investigation had been conducted with respect to allegations of misconduct on the part of personnel of the executive branch of the United States and personnel of the Committee for the Re-election of the President, and that there was no involvement...