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A. James Manchin
Antonio James Manchin (April 7, 1927 – November 3, 2003) was a West Virginia Democratic politician who served as a member of the House of Delegates (1948–50; 1998-2003), as Secretary of State (1977–85), and as State Treasurer (1985–89).
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Abe Fortas
Abraham "Abe" Fortas (June 19, 1910 – April 5, 1982) was a U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice from 1965 to 1969.
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Abuse of power
Abuse of power, in the form of "malfeasance in office" or "official misconduct," is the commission of an unlawful act, done in an official capacity, which affects the performance of official duties.
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Adelbert Ames
Adelbert Ames (October 31, 1835 – April 13, 1933) was an American sailor, soldier, and politician who served with distinction as a Union Army general during the American Civil War.
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Affirmation in law
In law, an affirmation is a solemn declaration allowed to those who conscientiously object to taking an oath.
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Alabama
Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.
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Alcee Hastings
Alcee Lamar Hastings (born September 5, 1936) is the U.S. Representative for.
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Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 July 31, 1875) was the 17th President of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869.
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Andrew Mellon
Andrew William Mellon (March 24, 1855 – August 26, 1937), sometimes A.W., was an American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, and politician.
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Article Three of the United States Constitution
Article Three of the United States Constitution establishes the judicial branch of the federal government.
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Associate Justice
Associate Justice or Associate Judge is the title for a member of a judicial panel who is not the Chief Justice in some jurisdictions.
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States.
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Benigno Fitial
Benigno Repeki Fitial (born November 27, 1945) was the seventh governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).
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Bicameralism
A bicameral legislature divides the legislators into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses.
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Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton (born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
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Bill of attainder
A bill of attainder (also known as an act of attainder or writ of attainder or bill of pains and penalties) is an act of a legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them, often without a trial.
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Bribery
Bribery is the act of giving or receiving something of value in exchange for some kind of influence or action in return, that the recipient would otherwise not alter.
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Cabinet of the United States
The Cabinet of the United States is part of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States that normally acts as an advisory body to the President of the United States.
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Censure in the United States
Censure is a formal, and public, group condemnation of an individual, often a group member, whose actions run counter to the group's acceptable standards for individual behavior.
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Champerty and maintenance
Champerty and maintenance are doctrines in common law jurisdictions that aim to preclude frivolous litigation.
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Charles I of England
Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.
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Charles L. Robinson
Charles Lawrence Robinson (July 21, 1818 – August 17, 1894) was the first Governor of Kansas.
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Charles Swayne
Charles H. Swayne (August 10, 1842 – July 5, 1907) was a United States federal judge who prevailed over an impeachment effort.
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Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tronc, Inc., formerly Tribune Publishing.
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Civilian
A civilian is "a person who is not a member of the military or of a police or firefighting force".
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Constitutional Convention (United States)
The Constitutional Convention (also known as the Philadelphia Convention, the Federal Convention, or the Grand Convention at Philadelphia) took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in the old Pennsylvania State House (later known as Independence Hall because of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence there eleven years before) in Philadelphia.
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Conviction
In law, a conviction is the verdict that usually results when a court of law finds a defendant guilty of a crime.
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Courts of Tennessee
Courts of Tennessee include:;State courts of Tennessee.
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Cross-examination
In law, cross-examination is the interrogation of a witness called by one's opponent.
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David Butler (politician)
David Christy Butler (December 15, 1829 – May 25, 1891) was a U.S. political figure.
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David M. Furches
David Moffatt Furches (April 2, 1832 in Davie County, North Carolina – June 7, 1908 in Statesville, North Carolina) was a North Carolina politician and jurist who served as an associate justice (1895–1901) and chief justice (1901–1903) of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
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Due diligence
Due diligence is an investigation of a business or person prior to signing a contract, or an act with a certain standard of care.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
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Efforts to impeach George W. Bush
During the presidency of George W. Bush, several American politicians sought to either investigate Bush for possibly impeachable offenses, or to bring actual impeachment charges on the floor of the United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.
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Evan Mecham
Evan Mecham (May 12, 1924 – February 21, 2008) was the 17th Governor of Arizona, serving from January 6, 1987, to April 4, 1988.
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Fairfield County, Ohio
Fairfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio.
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Federal government of the United States
The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government) is the national government of the United States, a constitutional republic in North America, composed of 50 states, one district, Washington, D.C. (the nation's capital), and several territories.
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Federal judiciary of the United States
The federal judiciary of the United States is one of the three co-equal branches of the federal government of the United States organized under the United States Constitution and laws of the federal government.
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George Mason
George Mason (sometimes referred to as George Mason IV; October 7, 1792) was a Virginia planter, politician and delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, one of three delegates, together with fellow Virginian Edmund Randolph and Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts, who refused to sign the Constitution.
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George W. English
George Washington English Sr. (May 9, 1866 – July 19, 1941) was a United States federal judge.
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George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732 –, 1799), known as the "Father of His Country," was an American soldier and statesman who served from 1789 to 1797 as the first President of the United States.
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Governing boards of colleges and universities in the United States
In the United States, a board often governs institutions of higher education, including private universities, state universities and community colleges.
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Governor (United States)
In the United States, a governor serves as the chief executive officer and commander-in-chief in each of the fifty states and in the five permanently inhabited territories, functioning as both head of state and head of government therein.
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Governor of Nebraska
The Governor of Nebraska holds the "supreme executive power" of the U.S. state of Nebraska as provided by the fourth article of the Nebraska Constitution.
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Governor of North Carolina
The Governor of North Carolina is the head of the executive branch of the U.S. state of North Carolina's state government and serves as commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.
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Governor of Oklahoma
The governor of the State of Oklahoma is the head of state for the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
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Grand juries in the United States
The United States is one of only two common law jurisdictions in the world, along with Liberia, that continues to use the grand jury to screen criminal indictments.
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Grand jury
A grand jury is a legal body empowered to conduct official proceedings and investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought.
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Halsted L. Ritter
Halsted Lockwood Ritter (July 14, 1868 – October 15, 1951) was an American lawyer a judge and a member of the Republican political party.
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Hamilton County, Tennessee
Hamilton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
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Harold Louderback
Harold Louderback (January 30, 1881 – December 11, 1941) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
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Harrison Reed (politician)
Harrison Reed (August 26, 1813 – May 25, 1899) was an American editor and politician who had most of his political career in Florida.
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Harry E. Claiborne
Harry Eugene Claiborne (July 2, 1917 – January 19, 2004) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada from 1978 until his impeachment and removal in 1986.
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Henry C. Warmoth
Henry Clay Warmoth (May 9, 1842 – September 30, 1931) was an American attorney, Civil War officer in the Union Army, who was elected governor and state representative of Louisiana.
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Henry S. Johnston
Henry Simpson Johnston (December 30, 1867 – January 7, 1965) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a delegate to the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention, the first President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, and the seventh governor of Oklahoma.
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High crimes and misdemeanors
The charge of high crimes and misdemeanors covers allegations of misconduct peculiar to officials, such as perjury of oath, abuse of authority, bribery, intimidation, misuse of assets, failure to supervise, dereliction of duty, unbecoming conduct, and refusal to obey a lawful order.
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House of Commons
The House of Commons is the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada and historically was the name of the lower houses of the Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Southern Ireland, North Carolina and South Korea.
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House of Lords
The House of Lords of the United Kingdom, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Huey Long
Huey Pierce Long Jr. (August 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935), self-nicknamed The Kingfish, was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1932 until his assassination in 1935.
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Illinois House of Representatives
The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly, the bicameral legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois.
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Illinois Senate
The Illinois Senate is the upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the state of Illinois in the United States.
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Impeachment
Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body formally levels charges against a high official of government.
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Impeachment investigations of United States federal judges
There have been numerous attempts to impeach federal judges in the United States; a few have been successful in either forcing resignation or removing the judge.
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Impeachment investigations of United States federal officials
Numerous federal officials in the United States have been threatened with impeachment and removal from office.
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Impeachment process against Richard Nixon
An impeachment process against Richard Nixon was formally initiated on February 6, 1974, when the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution,, giving its Judiciary Committee authority to investigate whether sufficient grounds existed to impeach Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States of high crimes and misdemeanors, primarily related to the Watergate scandal.
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Indictment
An indictment is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime.
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Jack C. Walton
John Calloway "Jack" Walton (March 6, 1881 – November 25, 1949) was an American politician and the fifth Governor of Oklahoma.
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James "Honest Dick" Tate
James William "Honest Dick" Tate (January 2, 1831 – unknown) was the Kentucky State Treasurer.
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James E. Ferguson
James Edward Ferguson Jr. (August 31, 1871 – September 21, 1944), known as Pa Ferguson, was an American Democratic politician and the 26th Governor of Texas, in office from 1915 to 1917.
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James H. Peck
James Hawkins Peck (January 12, 1790 – April 29, 1836) was a son of Revolutionary Soldier Adam Peck and his wife Elizabeth Sharkey Peck.
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James Madison
James Madison Jr. (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was an American statesman and Founding Father who served as the fourth President of the United States from 1809 to 1817.
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Jefferson's Manual
A Manual of Parliamentary Practice for the Use of the Senate of the United States, written by Thomas Jefferson in 1801, is the first American book on parliamentary procedure.
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John Pickering (judge)
John Pickering (September 22, 1737 – April 11, 1805) served as chief justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature, and as judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.
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Judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges.
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Judicial Conference of the United States
The Judicial Conference of the United States, formerly known as Conference of Senior Circuit Judges, was created by the United States Congress in 1922 with the principal objective of framing policy guidelines for administration of judicial courts in the United States.
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Judith Moriarty
Judith K. Moriarty (born February 2, 1942) is an American politician from Missouri, first with the Democratic Party, switching to the Libertarian Party in 2005.
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Jury
A jury is a sworn body of people convened to render an impartial verdict (a finding of fact on a question) officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment.
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Justiciability
Justiciability concerns the limits upon legal issues over which a court can exercise its judicial authority.
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Kansas
Kansas is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States.
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Kathy Augustine
Kathy Marie Alfano Augustine (May 29, 1956 – July 11, 2006) was a U.S. Republican Party politician from Nevada.
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Kentucky
Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States.
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Kentucky State Treasurer
The Kentucky State Treasurer is elected every four years along with the governor and other statewide officials.
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Kevin Gutzman
Kevin R. Constantine Gutzman (born May 20, 1963) is an American constitutional scholar and historian.
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Lee Cruce
Lee Cruce (July 8, 1863 – January 16, 1933) was an American lawyer, banker and the second governor of Oklahoma.
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Legislature
A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city.
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List of federal political scandals in the United States
This article provides a list of political scandals that involve officials from the government of the United States, sorted from most recent date to least recent.
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List of former United States district courts
The following are former United States district courts, which ceased to exist because they were subdivided into smaller units.
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List of Governors of Arizona
The Governor of Arizona is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Arizona.
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List of Governors of Florida
The Governor of Florida is the head of the executive branch of Florida's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.
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List of Governors of Illinois
The Governor of Illinois is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Illinois.
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List of Governors of Kansas
The Governor of Kansas is the head of the executive branch of Kansas's state governmentKS Const.
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List of Governors of Louisiana
This is a list of the Governors of Louisiana (Gouverneurs de Louisiane), from acquisition by the United States in 1803 to the present day.
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List of Governors of Mississippi
The Governor of Mississippi is the head of the executive branch of Mississippi's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.
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List of Governors of New York
The Governor of New York is the head of the executive branch of New York's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.
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List of Governors of Texas
The Governor of Texas is the chief executive of the U.S. State of Texas, the presiding officer over the executive branch of the Government of Texas, and the commander-in-chief of the Texas National Guard, the State's militia.
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List of Governors of the Northern Mariana Islands
The following is a list of persons who served as Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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List of Missouri Secretaries of State
The people below have all served as the Secretary of State for the U.S. state of Missouri.
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List of United States Representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded
The United States Constitution (Article 1, Section 5) gives the House of Representatives the power to expel any member by a two-thirds vote.
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List of United States Senators expelled or censured
The United States Constitution gives the Senate the power to expel any member by a two-thirds vote.
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List of United States state legislatures
Each state in the United States has a legislature as part of its form of civil government.
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Lower house
A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.
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Majority
A majority is the greater part, or more than half, of the total.
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Mark W. Delahay
Mark W. Delahay (1828 – May 8, 1879) was a United States federal judge, and an early supporter of the Republican Party.
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Member of Congress
A Member of Congress (MOC) is a person who has been appointed or elected and inducted into an official body called a congress, typically to represent a particular constituency in a legislature.
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Nebraska Attorney General
The Nebraska Attorney General is the chief law enforcement officer and lawyer for the U.S. state of Nebraska.
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Nebraska Supreme Court
The Nebraska Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Nebraska.
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Nevada State Controller
The Nevada State Controller is an elected official in the U.S. state of Nevada responsible for serving as the state's chief financial officer, administration of the state's accounting system, and conducting financial transactions on behalf of the state.
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New Model Army
The New Model Army of England was formed in 1645 by the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War, and was disbanded in 1660 after the Restoration.
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Nixon v. United States
Nixon v. United States,, was a United States Supreme Court decision that determined that the question of whether the Senate had properly tried an impeachment was a political question and could not be resolved in the courts.
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North Carolina Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina is the state's highest appellate court.
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Oath
Traditionally an oath (from Anglo-Saxon āð, also called plight) is either a statement of fact or a promise with wording relating to something considered sacred as a sign of verity.
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Ohio Courts of Common Pleas
The Ohio Courts of Common Pleas are the trial courts of the state court system of Ohio.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma (Uukuhuúwa, Gahnawiyoˀgeh) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.
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Paul L. Douglas
Paul L. Douglas (September 19, 1927– November 5, 2012) was a Republican politician and served as Nebraska Attorney General from 1975 until his resignation in 1984.
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Petition
A petition is a request to do something, most commonly addressed to a government official or public entity.
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Political question
In American Constitutional law, the political question doctrine is closely linked to the concept of justiciability, as it comes down to a question of whether or not the court system is an appropriate forum in which to hear the case.
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President
The president is a common title for the head of state in most republics.
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President of the United States
The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.
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Recall election
A recall election (also called a recall referendum or representative recall) is a procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before that official's term has ended.
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Resolution (law)
In law, resolution is a written motion adopted by a deliberative body.
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Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 until 1974, when he resigned from office, the only U.S. president to do so.
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Robert J. Bentley
Robert Julian Bentley (born February 3, 1943) is an American former politician and physician who served as the 53rd Governor of Alabama from 2011 until 2017 upon his resignation after a political scandal and subsequent arrest.
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Robert M. Douglas
Robert Martin Douglas (January 28, 1849 – February 28, 1917) was a North Carolina Supreme Court justice and political figure.
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Robert Wodrow Archbald
Robert Wodrow Archbald (10 September 1848 – 19 August 1926) was a United States federal court judge from Pennsylvania.
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Rod Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevich (born December 10, 1956) is an American former television personality and politician who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 until his impeachment, conviction, and removal from office in 2009.
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Rod Blagojevich corruption charges
In December 2008, then-Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff John Harris were charged with corruption by federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald.
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Rolf Larsen
Rolf Larsen (August 26, 1934 – August 11, 2014), a Democrat originally from Allegheny County, was first elected to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1978.
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Royal assent
Royal assent or sanction is the method by which a country's monarch (possibly through a delegated official) formally approves an act of that nation's parliament.
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Rump Parliament
The Rump Parliament was the English Parliament after Colonel Thomas Pride purged the Long Parliament, on 6 December 1648, of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason.
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Samuel B. Kent
Samuel B. Kent (born June 22, 1949) is a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, who served in the single-judge Galveston Division covering Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, and Matagorda Counties.
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Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase (April 17, 1741 – June 19, 1811) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland.
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Scribd
Scribd is a digital library, e-book and audiobook subscription service that includes one million titles.
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Secretary of State of Kansas
The Secretary of State of Kansas is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Kansas.
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Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
The Speaker of the House is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives.
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Special prosecutor
In the United States, a special prosecutor (or special counsel or independent counsel or independent prosecutor) is a lawyer appointed to investigate, and potentially prosecute, a particular case of suspected wrongdoing for which a conflict of interest exists for the usual prosecuting authority.
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State auditor
State auditors (also state comptrollers or state controllers) are executive officers of U.S. states who serve as auditors and comptrollers for state funds.
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State constitution (United States)
In the United States, each state has its own constitution.
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State governments of the United States
State governments of the United States are institutional units in the United States exercising some of the functions of government at a level below that of the federal government.
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State legislature (United States)
A state legislature in the United States is the legislative body of any of the 50 U.S. states.
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State treasurer
--> In the state governments of the United States, 49 of the 50 states have the executive position of treasurer.
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Supreme Court of Illinois
The Supreme Court of Illinois is the state supreme court, the highest court of the state of Illinois.
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Supreme Court of Missouri
The Supreme Court of Missouri is the highest court in the state of Missouri.
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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.
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Tennessee
Tennessee (translit) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.
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Tenure of Office Act (1867)
The Tenure of Office Act was a United States federal law (in force from 1867 to 1887) that was intended to restrict the power of the President of the United States to remove certain office-holders without the approval of the Senate.
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The Case for Impeachment
The Case for Impeachment is a non-fiction book by American University Distinguished Professor of History Allan Lichtman arguing for the impeachment of Donald Trump.
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Theophilus W. Smith
Theophilus Washington Smith (September 28, 1784 – May 6, 1846) was an Illinois Supreme Court Justice from 1825 until his resignation on December 26, 1842.
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Thomas Porteous
Gabriel Thomas Porteous Jr. (born December 15, 1946) is a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
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Treason
In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's nation or sovereign.
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Trial
In law, a trial is a coming together of parties to a dispute, to present information (in the form of evidence) in a tribunal, a formal setting with the authority to adjudicate claims or disputes.
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U.S. state
A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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United States Commerce Court
The Commerce Court of the United States was a short-lived federal trial court.
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United States congressional committee
A congressional committee is a legislative sub-organization in the United States Congress that handles a specific duty (rather than the general duties of Congress).
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United States Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States.
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United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (in case citations, 3d Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts for the following districts.
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United States courts of appeals
The United States courts of appeals or circuit courts are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal court system.
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United States district court
The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system.
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United States District Court for the District of Kansas
The United States District Court for the District of Kansas (in case citations, D. Kan.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Kansas.
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United States District Court for the District of Nevada
The United States District Court for the District of Nevada (in case citations, D. Nev.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Nevada.
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United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
The United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire (in case citations, D.N.H.) is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the state of New Hampshire.
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois (in case citations, E.D. Ill.) is a former federal district court for the state of Illinois.
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (in case citations, E.D. La.) is a federal trial court based in New Orleans.
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (in case citations, E.D. Tenn.) is the federal court in the Sixth Circuit whose jurisdiction covers all of East Tennessee and a portion of Middle Tennessee.
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United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (in case citations, M.D. Tenn.) is the federal trial court for most of Middle Tennessee.
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United States District Court for the Northern District of California
The United States District Court for the Northern District of California (in case citations, N.D. Cal.) is the federal United States district court whose jurisdiction comprises following counties of California: Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Sonoma.
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United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida (in case citations, N.D. Fla.) is a federal court in the Eleventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
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United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (in case citations, S.D. Fla. or S.D. Fl.) is the federal United States district court with territorial jurisdiction over the southern part of the state of Florida.
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United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (in case citations, S.D. Miss.) is a federal court in the Fifth Circuit with facilities in Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Natchez, Meridian, and Jackson.
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United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (in case citations, S.D. Tex.) is the Federal district court with jurisdiction over the southern part of Texas.
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United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
The United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (in case citations, W.D. Tenn.) is the Federal district court covering the western part of the state of Tennessee.
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United States federal judge
In the United States, the title of federal judge means a judge (pursuant to Article Three of the United States Constitution) appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate pursuant to the Appointments Clause in Article II of the United States Constitution.
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United States House Committee on Rules
The Committee on Rules, or (more commonly) Rules Committee, is a committee of the United States House of Representatives.
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United States House Committee on the Judiciary
The U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, also called the House Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives.
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United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.
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United States Secretary of State
The Secretary of State is a senior official of the federal government of the United States of America, and as head of the U.S. Department of State, is principally concerned with foreign policy and is considered to be the U.S. government's equivalent of a Minister for Foreign Affairs.
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United States Secretary of War
The Secretary of War was a member of the United States President's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration.
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United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.
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University of Nebraska–Lincoln
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln, often referred to as Nebraska, UNL or NU, is a public research university in the city of Lincoln, in the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States.
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Upper house
An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature (or one of three chambers of a tricameral legislature), the other chamber being the lower house.
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Vice President of the United States
The Vice President of the United States (informally referred to as VPOTUS, or Veep) is a constitutional officer in the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States as the President of the Senate under Article I, Section 3, Clause 4, of the United States Constitution, as well as the second highest executive branch officer, after the President of the United States.
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Walter Nixon
Walter Louis Nixon Jr. (born 1928) is a former United States federal judge who was impeached by the House of Representatives and removed from office by the Senate.
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West Hughes Humphreys
West Hughes Humphreys (August 26, 1806 – October 16, 1882) was a United States district court judge and a judge of the Confederate States of America.
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West Virginia
West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States.
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William Blount
William Blount (March 26, 1749March 21, 1800) was an American statesman and land speculator, and a signer of the United States Constitution.
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William Sulzer
William Sulzer (March 18, 1863 – November 6, 1941) was an American lawyer and politician, nicknamed Plain Bill Sulzer.
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William W. Belknap
William Worth Belknap (September 22, 1829 – October 12, 1890) was a lawyer, soldier in the Union Army, government administrator in Iowa, and the 30th United States Secretary of War.
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William W. Irvin
William W. Irvin (April 5, 1779 – March 28, 1842) also spelled Irwin was a lawyer, farmer, politician, and U.S. Representative from Ohio.
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William Woods Holden
William Woods Holden (November 24, 1818March 1, 1892) was the 38th and 40th Governor of North Carolina, who was appointed by President Andrew Johnson in 1865 for a brief term, and then elected in 1868, serving until 1871.
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105th United States Congress
The One Hundred Fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_in_the_United_States
