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Constitutional Law Keyed to Varat
Nixon v. United States
Citation:
506 U.S. 224, 113 S.Ct. 732, 122 L.Ed.2d 1 (1993)Facts
Walter Nixon, a former Chief Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi was sentenced to prison for lying before a federal grand jury. Based on his conviction, the Senate voted to impeach him. The Senate voted to invoke Impeachment Rule XI, where the person presiding over the impeachment appoints a committee to “receive evidence and take testimony.” A Senate committee presided over the case for four days, before ultimately presenting a complete report to the full Senate. The Senate impeached Nixon, and he challenged that this process violated Article I, Section 3, clause 6 because the Senate Committee was less than the full Senate.
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