Trial of Andrew Johnson: President of the United States, Before the Senate of the United States, on Impeachment by the House of Representatives for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Том 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1868 |
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... party ; however clamorous might be the cry of politics ; however desperate might be the struggles of leaders and of factions , it has always been felt that the President of the United States was an administrator of the law in all its ...
... party ; however clamorous might be the cry of politics ; however desperate might be the struggles of leaders and of factions , it has always been felt that the President of the United States was an administrator of the law in all its ...
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... parties which formed no legal offence . The case was one in which merchants were , among other things , charged with compounding duties with the king for a small percentage . Also the " case of Sir Giles Mompessen , for the sale of ...
... parties which formed no legal offence . The case was one in which merchants were , among other things , charged with compounding duties with the king for a small percentage . Also the " case of Sir Giles Mompessen , for the sale of ...
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... party until Congress have made a leg- islative declaration and enumeration of the offences which shall be deemed high crimes and misdemeanors ? If so , then , as has been truly remarked , the power of impeachment , except as to the two ...
... party until Congress have made a leg- islative declaration and enumeration of the offences which shall be deemed high crimes and misdemeanors ? If so , then , as has been truly remarked , the power of impeachment , except as to the two ...
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... party presented guilty , the joint action of the two houses would only be , in effect , to declare the act complained of to be noxious or injurious , although not so enacted by any previous legislation , and that this would be within ...
... party presented guilty , the joint action of the two houses would only be , in effect , to declare the act complained of to be noxious or injurious , although not so enacted by any previous legislation , and that this would be within ...
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... party can be impeached for offences not punishable by statute law , it behooves us next to inquire what have been the definitions of crimes and misdemeanors as used by writers of acknowledged authority . It is by the light of these ...
... party can be impeached for offences not punishable by statute law , it behooves us next to inquire what have been the definitions of crimes and misdemeanors as used by writers of acknowledged authority . It is by the light of these ...
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