02-16-2017, 05:54 PM
(02-16-2017, 05:44 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Yea, I heard they said that Nixon was never impeached.
Many confuse impeachment and removal. I am sure you do not
Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Richard Nixon were the three presidents in US history who were impeached is the way most people phrase it. Technically though, you are correct, that is not the case.
Technically Nixon resigned during impeachment proceedings. So, technically it is correct to say he was not impeached, but it is a hair most do not split because it was fully evident from the way the impeachment hearings were going that Nixon would not only be impeached but also would be removed from office. That is why he resigned. But yes, technically you are correct. Mea culpa. Mea culpa for not noting the honor Nixon showed by resigning with impeachment imminent.
JOHN ROBERTS: From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly so that you will come to know the value of justice... I wish you bad luck, again, from time to time so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand that your success is not completely deserved and that the failure of others is not completely deserved either.
