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To: arthurus
No “actual crime” was alleged or shown

I agree with the sense of your post, but your example is wrong.

The Radical Republicans who controlled Congress in 1867 passed the Tenure of Office Act which required Senate agreement to dismiss any official whose appointment had required Senate confirmation.

Andrew Johnson believed the Act to be unconstitutional, and he was impeached for violating it by removing Edwin Stanton as Secretary of War and sending a replacement to the Senate for confirmation.

109 posted on 03/21/2018 7:41:29 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Single payer is coming. Which kind do you like?)
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To: Jim Noble

The Act was unconstitutional. I don’t know if it was ever decided one way or another in the USSC but it seems patently uncon.


113 posted on 03/21/2018 9:53:34 AM PDT by arthurus (vbnbdgtxtgko9ghjsdjhhhhhhfsfv5d)
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