Word: impeached
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England came up with the idea of impeachment; in medieval times, any English subject or politician could initiate impeachment charges in Parliament. But by the fourteenth century, Parliament decided to limit the privilege to its own members. Four hundred years later, in the newly independent United States of America, Constitutional Convention delegates debated over how to include the process in the Constitution. In England, Parliament tended to impeach politicians it didn't like, regardless of offense - but the Constitution's creators didn't like this, and decided to limit impeachment only to crimes of treason and bribery. Virginia convention delegate...
Bush, Laura •Christmas ornament celebrating congressional resolution to impeach husband of is deemed inappropriate for display on White House tree by •cooking of is insulted to the face of by husband of •more time in Crawford, Texas, is not about to be spent...
Artist DEBORAH LAWRENCE, on being asked to create an ornament for the White House Christmas tree; her ornament features tiny text saluting efforts to impeach George W. Bush...
...heard him speak at the convention [in 2004], I felt it right down to my heart, right down to my toes. And I said, "That's our next president." I said it right then. "That is our next president." Bush and Cheney - they've got more evidence to impeach these guys than they had with Nixon. Don't worry, the wheels of justice grind slow, but exceedingly fine...
...week after threatening to impeach Musharraf, the four-month-old coalition government was finalizing its "charge sheet" against the President, even as the last of the four provincial legislatures unanimously passed what is in effect a vote of no confidence against the President. The verdict of the legislators of the vast and restive Baluchistan province follows the resolution passed unanimously in Sindh and by over 90% of the votes cast in the other two provinces, Punjab and the North-West Frontier...