Ever since President Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial there has been controversy concerning the final vote that sealed the decision. Johnson had taken the office as president after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination in 1865. However Johnson, who was a Democrat, immediately clashed with the Grand Old Party because it had been dominated by Radical Republicans, specifically Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner. Many bills were passed by the Republican Congress, but Johnson would veto them. Because the republicans had a majority they would override his every veto with a two-thirds vote. The Congress began to have enough of his Democratic ways and the House of Representatives impeached him on February 24th of 1868. They believed he had been removing government office-holders without the approval of the Senate, which was against the Tenure of Office Act. This escalated when Johnson decided to remove the Secretary of War and prominent Radical Republican, …show more content…
However, on May 16th the last vote was cast by Senator Edmund Ross. Up until that evening, he had always believed Johnson was guilty, but his final vote surprised everyone when he stated “Not Guilty”. The Republicans in the Senate were very angered by this and adjourned until May 26th. In the end, after many failed attempt, Johnson was not convicted. But, why was this vote such a controversy? There were two constitutional problems that arose during the trial. First, many believed the Tenure of Office Act was unconstitutional, and the second was the uncertainty of who was to become president upon Johnson’s removal from office. Furthermore, some people believed the reason why Ross voted “Not Guilty” was because he would benefit from the $150,000 slush fund that had been set up by Johnson’s
In 1995, former NFL player O.J. Simpson was put on trial for the murder of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. O.J. Simpson’s trial is believed to be one of the most popular and controversial trials to ever take place in the Los Angeles Superior Court. O.J. was found not guilty by the verdict and was released to go on and live his life. But my belief is, O.J. should have been found guilty, because of all the of the evidence that was found at the scene and later on in the investigation they discovered more evidence. Also because of the book that Nicole’s brothers published later after her death.
Andrew Jackson believed in asserting the power of the federal government. It became clear in the dispute that arose South Carolina and the issue of nullification in the year of 1832 to 1833. South Carolina acted out against the Tariff of 1828. They campaigned heavily against the tariff, justifying their arguments with the principles set out in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions written by Jefferson and Madison to support states’ rights. They supported their case by also arguing that the U.S. constitution allowed the states to individually nullify federal laws for the whole union.
Voting Crisis 5 ~ Election of 1876 and the Compromise of 1877 During the crisis regarding the Election of 1876 and the consequent Compromise of 1877, we voted in favor of those who wished to move on, and allow the nation to progress. Those who added to the controversy and disputed the results simply hinder the United States for moving forward as a nation. Thus, we voted in favor of those who supported the newly elected President, Rutherford B. Hayes, along with the Compromise that granted him his seat.
Not long before 1876, slavery had been abolished and the black Americans slow rise to prestige positions in congress began. The south had been flooded with former slaves; now free men, who were presumed to be equal American citizen. Entering the year of 1876, Americans were gearing up for a presidential election that would majorly impact the socioeconomic role in the coming generations of black America. Rutherford Hayes, running as the republican electorate won the candidacy for President. Unfortunately, the positions on president came at the cost of an agreement that is now called the Compromise of 1877.
Events Leading to Johnson’s Decision on not Seeking Reelection in 1970 “In April 1968 the Democratic National Committee had no staff and no materials to distribute” (Bornet, P. 222). The deterioration of the Democratic National Committee weaken the election chances of President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968. Research indicated that Johnson did not understand how the national committee works which ultimately led to his chances of not being reelected. In the election year of 1968 Johnson’s running mates for the Democratic Party primaries was Robert Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, and vice president Hubert Humphrey (Bornet, P. 287).
Before 1948 Julius A. Wolf had been arrested and tried for reasons not stated in the Supreme Court case, but the evidence that was used against Wolf was taken unlawfully, the police had no warrant for his arrest as well as no warrant to search his office. Wolf was able to get an appeal to be tried one more time. In 1948 the trial Wolf v Colorado Supreme Court had begun. It was a very controversial topic because the case was based on the violation of the Fourth Amendment right of protection from search and seizures.
Andrew Jackson screamed, “Do you think I will ever pass the bank bill? Why would you even come here to say that? Bye Bye.” Andrew Jackson then has security kick Pablo King, Nicholas Biddle and Henry Clay out of the White House. They go and tell all of the other Whigs and they are ready to impeach Andrew Jackson but there are too many Democrats in Congress.
Sandrew Johnson tried to stop the 14th Amendment from being passed by Congress. This amendment granted the blacks citizenship. Andrew Johnson tried to convince the Southern states not to ratify the amendment but they did anyway. Andrew Johnson was the only Southern Senator
As a Democratic governor of New Jersey, he ran the president election in 1912 and got elected because of a split in Republican Party. His Clayton Antitrust Act made him a progressive president. When the Sherman Antitrust Act was ratified, there were still many problems yet to be solved due to the insufficiency of the policy. The unfair competitiveness was still ubiquitous in business. However, with the Clayton Act plastered over the crucial cracks of the Sherman Act, serving as a barrier to a broad range of anti-competitiveness issues like price discrimination, price fixing, and exclusive sales contract.
So he impeached Samuel Chase. The chief justice had no desire to lead the trial, so the task was given to Aaron Burr to. Despite being a Republican, and being the vice president to one, he allowed the Federalist’s trial to be fair. Samuel Chase’s lawyer was allowed to make a full case, a convincing case, and the ruling was fair.
He never really put much thought into his decisions except for the fact of was he going to be liked. This is the third and final most important reason on why he signing of the Civil Rights Act was based purely on politics. In conclusion, The Civil Rights Act was signed through politics and he did win the election of 1964. America did benefit greatly from the new laws creating equal opportunity for all who lived there. In his new term, Johnson created the Great Society which allowed many unprivileged children have equal footing for school.
After three days of Jackson on trial, the jury has decided that the defendant, Mr. Andrew Jackson was not guilty of crimes against humanity. The vote was very close though, Andrew won by a hair, with the votes being 5 versus 3. The jury found that even though the prosecution proved Jackson was a bad man, he did not commit the crimes against humanity. I decisively voted for the defendant’s side. I could’ve been the deciding factor on if Jackson is hanged or if he’s spared.
The reasons are, he abused his veto power, caused The Trail of Tears, and The Bank War. The United States government has a system of checks and balances, which means all the branches of the government are equal, and if one branch does something it is not allowed to, it is checked by another branch to make sure it is in check. Reason why it is called checks and balances. Andrew Jackson abused his power of veto to intimidate the
Due to his violations and counterproductive acts, President Andrew Johnson deserved his impeachment. The decisions Andrew Johnson made and
When Tom Robison went on trial and was ruled guilty by the jury, it was somewhat of a surprise