The three of the most significant impeachments where brought against United States Associate Justice Samuel Chase in 1805, against President Andrew Johnson in 1867, and against President Clinton in 1999. None of these trials resulted in an impeachment. According to Stephen B. Presser in the Heritage Guide to The Constitution, these three cases stand for the idea that “impeachment should not be perceived as a device simply to remove a political opponent” (Presser). He further states, “the caution of the Framers has been fulfilled” (Pressure). The closest the United States has come to en impeachment is in the case of President Nixon and the Watergate scandal. While several charges of impeachment where brought against him, he resigned before the trial could be
The three of the most significant impeachments where brought against United States Associate Justice Samuel Chase in 1805, against President Andrew Johnson in 1867, and against President Clinton in 1999. None of these trials resulted in an impeachment. According to Stephen B. Presser in the Heritage Guide to The Constitution, these three cases stand for the idea that “impeachment should not be perceived as a device simply to remove a political opponent” (Presser). He further states, “the caution of the Framers has been fulfilled” (Pressure). The closest the United States has come to en impeachment is in the case of President Nixon and the Watergate scandal. While several charges of impeachment where brought against him, he resigned before the trial could be