General/Constitutional Grounds for impeachment; Two ways to amend the constitution. Constitutional grounds for impeachment are treason, bribery, and high crimes and misdemeanors. Under Article V of the Constitution, there are two ways to propose amendments to the Constitution and two ways to be ratified by the states. To Propose Amendments: (1) Two-thirds of both houses of Congress vote to propose an amendment, OR (2)Two-thirds of the state legislatures ask Congress to call a national convention to propose amendments. This version has not yet been used. To Ratify Amendments (1)Three-fourths of the state legislatures approve it, OR (2) Ratifying conventions in three-fourths of the states approve it. This method was used only once -- to ratify the 21st Amendment (repealing Prohibition). .
Who were the two Presidents to be impeached; Were there revoked articles of confederation; First national constitution.
Attempts have been made to impeach a number of presidents, but only Andrew Johnson (1868), Richard Nixon (1974), and Bill Clinton (1999) were in real danger of being removed from office. .
Johnson -fired Secretary of War, without Senates approval & was charged with a number of other violations, but he was acquitted of all charges.
Nixon -In July, 1974 the committee approved resolutions charging that Nixon had helped cover up Watergate, abused his powers, and failed to honor committee subpoenas & after it became evident that he would be removed from office, he resigned.
Clinton - was tried on perjury and obstruction of justice on whether or not he had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky. Remained in office. .
James Madison; Federalist Pares; What kind of republic did he argue for:.
The most famous of the essays was The Federalist No.10, written by James Madison, in which he set forth the classic analysis of the republic. Opponents had argued that the United States was too large, and had too many groups, or factions, to be ruled democratically by a single government.
One of the most famous cases that talks about separate equality is the Supreme Court case Plessy vs. Ferguson. ... In the case of Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896), Homer Plessy purchased a bus ticket and insisted on sitting in the white section. ... Brown vs. ...
In the Plessy vs. ... In Brown vs. ... Ferguson Homer Plessy, a 30-year old shoemaker, was jailed for sitting in the "White's" car of a train in Louisiana. ... Therefore, Ferguson found Plessy guilty of refusing to leave the white car. ... The Plessy v. ...
That black man's name was Plessy and the Plessy v. Ferguson court case began because Plessy violated the Louisiana 1890 separate-car law. ... Plessy vs Ferguson had been unfair for many years until Linda's father was upset and wanted to change the problem that his daughter had to go through so much trouble for her go to school, so he was the one to bring the case against the plaintiff. This case was called Brown vs Board of Education. ... If it weren't for the Brown vs. ...
Brown vs. ... Plessy v. Ferguson said that, "separate but equal" concerning segregation of public places did not violate the constitution. ... While trying to gain equal education opportunities for their children, that were not provided for under the Plessy v. Ferguson decision, African-American community leaders took action against the segregation in America's schools. ...
The case of Plessy v. Ferguson involved a man named Homer Plessy. ... After Plessy almost every facility could legally be segregated. ... Brown v. the Board of Education did end injustices directly caused by Plessy v. Ferguson, but not the indirect things, just as hospitals can cure disease but not prevent them, or the way schools can teach you but only if you're willing to learn. ...
