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impeach

[im-peech] / ɪmˈpitʃ /


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There have been calls, within his own party, to investigate and impeach the governor, who had been spoken of as a potential presidential candidate in 2028.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

Last week, a House committee that looked into the evidence against the vice-president ruled that there was sufficient grounds to impeach her.

From BBC ● May 11, 2026

Lawmakers voted by a margin of 257 to 25 -- with nine abstentions -- to impeach Duterte.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

That practice by Nixon of dangling pardons was in fact one of the grounds on which the House Judiciary Committee voted to impeach him.

From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026

Russo told reporters he was going to turn his attention to the effort to impeach President Nixon.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

If a majority of the Assembly impeaches her, she is sidelined indefinitely, even if the state Senate doesn’t convict her.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2023

Typically in a U.S. legislative body, it is the House of Representatives that impeaches an officeholder, charging him or her with wrongdoing.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023

This includes evidence that impeaches the prosecutor’s case.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2022

The House of Representatives impeaches the president by bringing formal charges against the president, and the Senate tries the case in a proceeding overseen by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021

It bridles at anything which impeaches the traditional honor and chastity of the working girl.

From The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself by Dorothy Richardson

When Johnson appeared to violate that second law by firing Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, the House impeached him.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

They swept to victory last June, after the disgraced former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was impeached for a bizarre six-hour attempt to declare martial law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

“The news reports following Xavier’s death impeached his character,” Aaron says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

The next year, he was impeached by the Texas House.

From Salon ● May 23, 2026

I called Jesse up one day to tell him the president had been impeached.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

From resisting foreign invasions during the monarchy to championing pro-democracy movements and impeaching scandal-ridden President Park Geun-hye in 2017, vigilant citizens have held politicians accountable and strengthened the nation’s political system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024

“We’re supposed to impeach on high crimes and misdemeanors,” said Representative Don Bacon, Republican of Nebraska and a moderate who previously stated he opposed impeaching Mr. Mayorkas over a policy disagreement.

From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2023

How would impeaching a Supreme Court justice actually work?

From Slate ● May 8, 2023

Knodl has said he’s not interested in impeaching Evers, saying he has been able to work with the governor.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 5, 2023

Supreme Court has long required that the prosecution disclose to the defendant anything that is exculpatory or that may be helpful to the defendant in impeaching a witness.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson


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