Search results for "Impeachment" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Hastings, the consequence of which was the impeachment trial of Hastings. The trial, of which Burke was the leading promoter, lasted from 1787 until Hastings ...23 KB (3,559 words) - 18:14, 12 February 2024
- #039;s reputation. Bacon, commenting on his impeachment as Chancellor in which he claims to have been forced to plead guilty to bribery charges in order ...23 KB (3,596 words) - 04:48, 9 April 2024
- her plan. Choi Ik-hyeon, who had helped with the impeachment of Daewon-gun, sided with the isolationists. He contended that the Japanese had become just ...29 KB (4,382 words) - 23:06, 30 November 2022
- who was duly removed from office. Although the impeachment was the first in centuries, James did not oppose it, believing that sacrificing Bacon could ...30 KB (4,913 words) - 21:16, 20 March 2024
- Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and its largest city. It is located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, 150 miles (240 kilometers ...30 KB (4,453 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- Sioux Tribal Council unsuccessfully filed impeachment proceedings against him in February 1973. Anticipating problems, the U.S. Department of Justice ...36 KB (5,349 words) - 14:00, 20 May 2023
- Article Two also provides for the impeachment and removal from office of civil officers (the President, Vice President, judges, and others). ...45 KB (6,615 words) - 11:55, 3 May 2023
- but was forced to resign after mishandling the impeachment of southerner Bill Clinton in 1998. Tom DeLay was the most powerful Republican leader in Congress ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 15:40, 4 February 2023
- crisis. In the process, both the procedure of impeachment and the office of the Speaker were created. Even though the political gains were of only temporary ...40 KB (6,070 words) - 18:24, 12 February 2024
- with him, and anonymous others, to induce the impeachment of U.S. President Richard M. Nixon, whom Dick believed to be the current Emperor of Rome ...41 KB (6,282 words) - 03:22, 24 November 2022
- on March 27, 1993. After President Zafy's impeachment by the National Assembly in 1996 and the short quasi-presidency of Norbert Ratsirahonana, the ...38 KB (5,416 words) - 04:52, 5 November 2022
- the legislature sends passed resolutions of impeachment to the judiciary for a final decision. However, the President, who presently serves a single ...42 KB (5,837 words) - 16:22, 6 March 2024
- National Congress voted for Collor's impeachment after a sequence of scandals were uncovered by the media. The vice president, Itamar Franco, assumed ...42 KB (5,904 words) - 22:53, 20 November 2023
- There is also a High Court of Impeachment for criminal charges (for an offense in office) against the President of the Republic, the justices ...43 KB (6,190 words) - 19:49, 26 March 2024
- issued by the Sovereign could not impede an impeachment. ==Death== In 1702, William died of pneumonia, a complication from a broken collarbone ...49 KB (7,679 words) - 11:02, 9 May 2023
- failed—and Parliament opened impeachment proceedings against Buckingham. Charles responded by dissolving Parliament. This move, while saving ...48 KB (7,492 words) - 18:35, 13 February 2024
- powers to the prime minister and allowed for impeachment of the king by a two-thirds majority of the national assembly. In 1999, the king lifted a ban ...39 KB (5,985 words) - 03:39, 1 October 2023
- select various government officials, conduct an impeachment trial of the president, and accept or reject the bills passed by the House of Representatives ...48 KB (6,863 words) - 08:51, 27 September 2023
- protest against Estrada, following his aborted impeachment trial at the Senate of the Philippines. Estrada was a former movie actor who was popular with ...42 KB (6,083 words) - 15:26, 27 March 2024
- contains two independent courts: a Court of Impeachment and the Oklahoma Court on the Judiciary. There are two courts of last resort: the state Supreme ...50 KB (7,185 words) - 10:30, 11 March 2023
