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To: Mr. Whist who wrote (247352)	4/12/2002 12:33:23 PM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 769670

>>Refresh my memory. Isn't there also a presidential library in Southern California also named after a crook? No, they're still building it in Little Rock. Interesting note into the Dem electorate that Traficant may find compelling: his Dem constituency re-elected Powell: ...Powell had reached the plateau of success in his career, but soon his life was rocked by scandal. He was under fire for his numerous trips abroad at public expense, his constant absenteeism, and his refusal to pay a slander judgement. On 9 January, 1967, the House Democratic Caucus stripped Powell of his committee chairmanship, and refused to seat him, pending an investigation by the Judiciary Committee. The following month, the committee recommended that Powell be censured, fined, and deprived of seniority, but on 1 March the House rejected these proposals and voted 307 to 116 to exclude him from the Congress for the rest of the term. He was re-elected to a 12th term in November, but the House voted to deny him his seniority, and Powell refused to take his seat... bbc.co.uk

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (247352)	4/12/2002 1:00:53 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

btw, the Supremes later ruled that the Dem leadership had acted illegally: ...In June 1969, the Supreme Court ruled that the House had acted unconstitutionally when it excluded him from the 90th Congress, and Powell finally returned to his seat. He lost the next election and died on 4 April, 1972.... bbc.co.uk btw2, when a Federal Judge - appointed by failed prez Carter - took bribes and was impeached and removed by Congress, what did the Dems do? They elected him to Congress! He must be their ideal. See Alcee Hastings I thought that once a person was impeached he could no longer hold public office. So why was Alcee Hastings, after he was impeached as a federal judge in Florida, allowed to run for the House of Representatives? Orlando, Florida - 5/3/00 Not only did he run, he won -- three times. Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) is now serving out his sixth year as the Representative of the 23rd district of Florida. Since 1993, Hastings has served as a Member of Congress in the very body that voted to impeach him in 1989. The Constitution permits the Senate, upon having voted to convict an official on Articles of Impeachment, to take an additional step. While removal from office follows a vote to convict, the Senate is also given the discretion to go beyond removal and vote for "disqualification" -- to bar the official from ever again holding "any Office of honor, Trust, or Profit under the United States." (Article 1, sec.3). In the Hastings case, the Senate chose not to take this additional optional step. Judge Hastings was convicted on two Articles of Impeachment: perjury and conspiracy to obtain a bribe. He was removed from office, but he was not barred from seeking another elected position. c-span.org