Trial of Samuel Chase: An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Impeached by the House of Representatives, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Before the Senate of the United States, Volume 2S. H. Smith, 1805 - Impeachments |
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... constitution of our country ; and by this the court is exclusively bound . To the constitution then we must exclusively look to discover what is or is not impeachable . We shall there find the whole pro- ceeding distinctly marked out ...
... constitution of our country ; and by this the court is exclusively bound . To the constitution then we must exclusively look to discover what is or is not impeachable . We shall there find the whole pro- ceeding distinctly marked out ...
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... constitutional description of those official acts , for which a public officer may be arraigned before this high court ? In the fourth section of the second article of the constitution it is declared that " the President , Vice ...
... constitutional description of those official acts , for which a public officer may be arraigned before this high court ? In the fourth section of the second article of the constitution it is declared that " the President , Vice ...
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... constitution , but to the known law of England also . I will re- mind you of a case , stated , I believe , in the ele- mentary books of the law , in which it is said that if a judge undertakes of his own authority to change the mode of ...
... constitution , but to the known law of England also . I will re- mind you of a case , stated , I believe , in the ele- mentary books of the law , in which it is said that if a judge undertakes of his own authority to change the mode of ...
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... constitution , and not on their opinion , whim or caprice . The whole system of impeachment must be taken together and not in disjointed parts ; and if we find one part of the constitution declaring who shall commence an impeachment ...
... constitution , and not on their opinion , whim or caprice . The whole system of impeachment must be taken together and not in disjointed parts ; and if we find one part of the constitution declaring who shall commence an impeachment ...
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... constitution , I presume every word must have its full and fair meaning . It is not then only for crimes and mis- demeanors that a judge is impeachable , but it must be for high crimes and misdemeanors . Al- though this qualifying ...
... constitution , I presume every word must have its full and fair meaning . It is not then only for crimes and mis- demeanors that a judge is impeachable , but it must be for high crimes and misdemeanors . Al- though this qualifying ...
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Page 125 - And upon all arrests in criminal cases, bail shall be admitted, except where the punishment may be death, in which cases it shall not be admitted but by the supreme or a circuit court, or by a justice of the supreme court, or a judge of a district court, who shall exercise their discretion therein, regarding the nature and circumstances of the offence, and of the evidence, and the usages of law.
Page 259 - The governor and all other civil officers shall be liable to impeachment for any misdemeanor in office; but judgment in such cases shall not extend further than to removal from office and disqualification to hold any office of...
Page 135 - No person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the Senators elected. But judgment, in such cases, shall not extend further than removal from office, and disqualification to hold any office of honor, profit or trust under the government of this State. The party, whether convicted or acquitted, shall nevertheless, be liable to prosecution, trial, judgment and punishment according to law.
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Page 374 - A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors ; which, properly speaking, are mere synonymous terms : though in common usage, the word
Page 112 - For any crime or offense against the United States, the offender may, by any justice or judge of the United States, or by any commissioner of a circuit court to take bail, or by any chancellor, judge of a supreme or superior court, chief or first judge of common pleas, mayor of a city, justice of the peace, or other magistrate, of any State where he may be found, and agreeably to the usual mode of process against offenders...
Page 365 - States, by which a judge for any reasonable cause, which shall not be sufficient ground of impeachment, may be removed by the governor on the address of two thirds of each branch of the legislature.
Page 107 - That for any crime or offence against the United States, the offender may, by any justice or judge of the United States, or by any justice of the peace, or other magistrate of any of the United States...