impeach
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This issue first came up in parliament in 2022, but last month, the county's highest court ruled that MPs had violated the constitution by blocking moves to impeach Ramaphosa.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
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
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 is set to consider Tuesday whether to impeach interim president Jose Jeri, the country's seventh head of state in 10 years, accused of the irregular hiring of several women in his government.
From Barron's ● 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
This includes evidence that impeaches the prosecutor’s case.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2022
“Her email also conflicts with, and impeaches, the official position of the Defendants on the issues before the Court,” they wrote.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
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
When the House of Representatives impeaches an officer of the United States, the impeachment is tried before the Senate sitting as a court.
From Elements of Civil Government by Peterman, Alexander L.
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
In 2023 he was impeached by the Republican-led state House of Representatives on charges of bribery, abuse of office and obstruction of justice.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
Balcazar, who replaced a previous interim leader who was impeached, said instead on Tuesday that there was "no purchase yet."
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
There were certain points in certain years—say from 1996 to 2002—when Angela Whitiker didn’t yet know that Tupac Shakur had been killed or that President Bill Clinton had been impeached.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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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
“The idea of impeaching the secretary is ridiculous,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Washington Democrat and Congressional Progressive Caucus chair.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
How would impeaching a Supreme Court justice actually work?
From Slate ● May 8, 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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