At 12/25/06 06:58 AM, Shawtey wrote:
At 12/22/06 01:58 PM, TheMason wrote:
I guess that list should include the two who were impeached and the one who resigned:
Andrew Johnson (Impeached)
Bill Clinton (Impeached)~~~
Dick Nixon (Resigned)
bill wasnt impeached you fucktard... also bill Clinton was one of the best presidents ever... but because some bitch licked his dick he is now a monster!
1) Bill Clinton was impeached; pay attention in your American government class. An impeachment is an indictment. And the dictionary definition of indictment is:
a formal written statement framed by a prosecuting authority and found by a jury (as a grand jury) charging a person with an offense
Now, impeachment proceedings did take place and Bill Clinton was impeached in 1998 by the US House of Representatives. This was done under the Article 1, Section 2, Clause 5 of the US Constitution.
The next step is outlined in Article 1, Section 2, Clause 6 which gives the power of removal to the Senate. In Bill Clinton's case he was not removed because the Republican controlled Senate realizied that while he had broken the law and committed a crime that most average Americans would go to jail over (perjury, NOT getting a BJ...), it would not be in the best interests of the American people to have him removed from office. (He was however disbarred.)
Furthermore, Article 2, Section 4 outlines that impeachment will be for: "treason, bribery and high crimes and misdemeanors". Thus impeachable offenses are not tied to criminal misconduct. Therefore, what Clinton was impeached for was Constitutionally acceptable.
Do you get the point yet? And a little advice for the next time that you call someone a 'fucktard':
1) Make sure you're right.
2) Make sure that you're not calling a superior intellect a 'fucktard'.
If you follow these two simple steps you won't look like a fool next time!