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Full title: Newt Gingrich: Pelosi's rigged game far cry from truth-seeking impeachment inquiries into Nixon, ClintonIf you want proof that Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House Democrats are creating a rigged game that sets up a coup to destroy the president, simply look at the last two legitimate impeachment efforts — in 1973 and 1998. Both Democratic Judiciary Committee Chairman Peter Rodino in 1973 and Republican Judicial Committee Chairman Henry Hyde in 1998 set a standard for fairness and operated with a judicial temperament of seeking the truth rather than maximizing partisan advantage. In 1973, Rodino set the gold standard...

Peter Rodino, Congressman who led Nixon impeachment hearing, dead at 96 The Associated Press WEST ORANGE, N.J. - Former Rep. Peter W. Rodino Jr., a little-noticed Democratic congressman until he led the House impeachment investigation of President Richard M. Nixon, has died. He was 96. The raspy-voiced son of an Italian immigrant, Rodino died Saturday of congestive heart failure at his West Orange home, said Christine Bland, a spokeswoman for Seton Hall University Law School, where Rodino was a professor. Rodino spent 10 years working his way through law school at night and after one unsuccessful try, won election to...

<p>There was a parade of flags in chambers, Rodino recalled, and a patriotic recitation by Claude Pepper, the legendary Florida congressman.</p> <p>Rodino, who co-sponsored the measure, was disappointed yesterday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' declaration that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional because the words "under God" violates the Establishment Clause -- the first sentence of the Bill of Rights, beginning, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion ... "</p>