Impeach Impeach!

Straight from the Constituion

The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.

Connection with the Constitution

The name of this Article is the Impeachment Trial of President William Clinton. In 1999, for only the second time in United States history, there was an impeachment trial of a President. He first had an apporach of an affair with Pamela Jones an Arkansas state employee. In this article it states "Clinton made a series of increasingly aggressive moves, culminating in his dropping his pants exposing an erection--and then asking Jones to "kiss it." Jones claimed that she stood and told the Governor, "I'm not that kind of girl." As she left, Clinton stopped her by the door and said, "You're a smart girl, let's keep this between ourselves"(Linder)."The trial makes people wonder about the distinction between public integrity and private integrity. Bill Clinton had an affair with another worker named Monica Lewinsky that worked in his department that was also very younger than him. I think Bill should be frowned upon and his affair is dissapointing to be done by such a high ranked "monarch" or president. At first Bill Clinton denied the relationship she wanted with him but he finally gave in to temptation. The house of representatives then voted to impeach Clinton. The Senate then voted and it passed. So the case went to court and it ended Clinton being found not guilty. This trial ties in with the Legislative Branch because Congress impeached him, in order to start this trial and that's one of their major powers.

Works Cited

Linder, O. Douglas. "The Impeachment Trial of President William Clinton".http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/clinton/clintontrialaccount.html.2005