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26 Jan 2020, 4:59 pm by Gerard Magliocca
But he now says he's changed his mind, based in part on his research into President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial. [read post]
24 Jan 2020, 6:43 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
Despite the risk that this might compromise his troop strength, Sherman consented.That issue goes to obtaining political benefit from an action.However, the more interesting Civil War era impeachment issue was the impeachment in February 1868 of Andrew Johnson, a Democrat, for, among other things, violating the Tenure in Office Act, which prohibited the President from removing from office, without the concurrence of the Senate, those officials whose appointment required Senate… [read post]
24 Jan 2020, 6:17 am by Gerard Magliocca
People are criticizing his conduct in presiding over the Andrew Johnson trial and urging Chief Justice Roberts not to follow his example. [read post]
23 Jan 2020, 12:44 pm by Keith E. Whittington
If Democrats had controlled Congress in 1865 and attempted to unseat Abraham Lincoln in order to turn the presidency over to Andrew Johnson, then Republicans would have had something to complain about. [read post]
22 Jan 2020, 4:14 pm by Sherry Xin Chen
., are organized around four affected president: Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump.For the investigation and current impeachment trial of Donald Trump, HeinOnline provides Congressional Research Service’s updated report on The Impeachment Process in the House of Representative and a collection of documents related to the whistleblower complaint on Ukraine (based on the excellent Whistleblower LibGuide compiled by Kelly Smith from UC San Diego). [read post]
22 Jan 2020, 3:02 am by Walter Olson
Sixth Circuit (over a dissent): ‘Morris Johnson and David Johnson are both troopers who acted inappropriately. [read post]
18 Jan 2020, 9:31 am by Margaret Taylor
Will he engage actively, like Chief Justice Salmon Chase in the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, or will he largely sit back and let the Senate do as it wishes, like Chief Justice William Rehnquist during Bill Clinton’s trial? [read post]
18 Jan 2020, 6:12 am by Jonathan H. Adler
Ross of Kansas, who broke with his party during the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson. [read post]
17 Jan 2020, 9:30 pm by ernst
Now available online from Law and History Review and Cambridge Core: Historians at the Court: How Cultural Expertise in Qing Law Contributes to the Invention of Hong Kong “Chinese Customary Law” by Jérôme Bourgon.ICYMI: WaPo's Retropolis on Salmon Chase's presiding over the Andrew Johnson impeachment. [read post]
17 Jan 2020, 5:59 am by Gerard N. Magliocca
Unfortunately, his op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal demonstrates that he did not learn much there about President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial. [read post]
17 Jan 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Court Debates Using Shell Companies to Mask Political Donations Bloomberg Law – Kenneth Doyle | Published: 1/10/2020 A federal appeals court panel heard arguments over the use of shell companies to hide donations in a case that could affect super PAC disclosure in the 2020 election. [read post]
16 Jan 2020, 12:16 pm by Hilary Hurd
The case of President Andrew Johnson, our first impeached president, dealt principally with Johnson’s decision to fire Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. [read post]
16 Jan 2020, 3:22 am by Scott Bomboy
Standing rules first adopted for President Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial in 1868 (and updated several times since then) will be used to conduct the trial. [read post]
14 Jan 2020, 5:12 pm by Mieke Eoyang, Anisha Hindocha
The Senate proceedings in Andrew Johnson’s case included the testimony of 25 witnesses for the prosecution and 16 for the defense. [read post]
14 Jan 2020, 6:28 am by Alex Lee
” The Act was introduced in the New Jersey Legislature following a widely publicized incident in December 2018, when Andrew Johnson, an African-American high school wrestler at Buena Regional High School in Atlantic County, was forced to cut off his dreadlocks in order to compete in a wrestling match. [read post]
10 Jan 2020, 8:18 am by Frank Bowman
In the 1868 trial of President Andrew Johnson (which was a real trial, with extensive witness testimony and presentation of exhibits), Chief Justice Salmon Chase was consistently deferential to the Senate, often making provisional rulings and immediately inviting senators to register dissent. [read post]
10 Jan 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal 6 Million Democratic Donors Gave $1 Billion in 2019 Through ActBlue, Officials Say Washington Post – Michelle Ye Hee Lee | Published: 1/9/2020 Democratic small-dollar donors gave $1 billion through the online fundraising platform ActBlue in 2019, highlighting the explosion of online giving on the left heading into the presidential election year. [read post]
9 Jan 2020, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone
., just two—the cases of Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton) to draw any meaningful inferences. [read post]
8 Jan 2020, 7:23 pm by Melanie Fontes
Andrew Johnson President Johnson was the first president impeached, with the House voting by a margin of 126-47 that he “be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors in office. [read post]