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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Achilles who wrote (5937)	9/28/1998 11:26:00 AM
From: dougjn	Respond to of 67261

Although the Constitution doesn't explicitly say that an impeachment action is not subject to Supreme Court review, it is widely believed by Constitutional scholars that no such review would or should be undertaken by the Supreme Court. The Constitution is explicit enough about the mechanics of impeachment that the failure to provide for any review is suggestive that none was contemplated. Further, the fact that the Chief Justice presides over the trial in the Senate is suggestive that that is the extent of the High Court's participation. However, in the past much weight has in the end been given by many in Congress to the Constitution's wording. Such considerations were much of the reason that Chief Justice William O. Douglass was not impeached for "immorality" (3 times marrying much younger women -- and those horribly liberal opinions), despite Congressman Gerrald Ford's assertions that Congress could impeach for anything it wanted to. In the end it was felt that was not true. Doug