impeach
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There have been calls, within his own party, to investigate and impeach the governor, who had been spoken of as a potential presidential candidate in 2028.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Should the Senate decide to impeach her, she would be removed from the vice-presidency and banned from running for office for life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
That practice by Nixon of dangling pardons was in fact one of the grounds on which the House Judiciary Committee voted to impeach him.
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026
Peru's Congress has voted to impeach interim President José Jerí just four months into his term for failing to disclose meetings with Chinese businessmen.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
Russo told reporters he was going to turn his attention to the effort to impeach President Nixon.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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If a majority of the Assembly impeaches her, she is sidelined indefinitely, even if the state Senate doesn’t convict her.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2023
Typically in a U.S. legislative body, it is the House of Representatives that impeaches an officeholder, charging him or her with wrongdoing.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
This includes evidence that impeaches the prosecutor’s case.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2022
The House of Representatives impeaches the president by bringing formal charges against the president, and the Senate tries the case in a proceeding overseen by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021
The abortive escape to Varennes is now familiarly known to all the world, and impeaches the good sense of the king himself not less than of his friends.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 by Various
Did Pete Hegseth almost get impeached this week?
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2026
They swept to victory last June, after the disgraced former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was impeached for a bizarre six-hour attempt to declare martial law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
“The news reports following Xavier’s death impeached his character,” Aaron says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
The next year, he was impeached by the Texas House.
From Salon ● May 23, 2026
I called Jesse up one day to tell him the president had been impeached.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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From resisting foreign invasions during the monarchy to championing pro-democracy movements and impeaching scandal-ridden President Park Geun-hye in 2017, vigilant citizens have held politicians accountable and strengthened the nation’s political system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024
“We’re supposed to impeach on high crimes and misdemeanors,” said Representative Don Bacon, Republican of Nebraska and a moderate who previously stated he opposed impeaching Mr. Mayorkas over a policy disagreement.
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
How would impeaching a Supreme Court justice actually work?
From Slate ● May 8, 2023
Knodl has said he’s not interested in impeaching Evers, saying he has been able to work with the governor.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
Supreme Court has long required that the prosecution disclose to the defendant anything that is exculpatory or that may be helpful to the defendant in impeaching a witness.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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