Impeachment
Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body formally levels charges against a high official of Government. Impeachment doesn't necessarily mean removal from office; it is only a formal statement of charges, akin to an indictment in criminal law, and is thus only the first step towards removal. Once an individual is impeached, he or she must then face the possibility of conviction via legislative vote, which then entails the removal of the individual from office.Because impeachment and conviction of officials involves an overturning of the normal Constitutional procedures by which individuals achieve high office (election, ratification, or appointment) and because it generally requires a supermajority, it is usually only reserved for those deemed to have committed serious abuses of their office. In the United States, for example, impeachment at the Federal level is reserved for those who may have committed "high crimes and misdemeanors". Several Federal officials, including two Presidents and several judges, have been impeached over the course of US history.
Impeachment has its origins in English law but fell out of use in the 18th century. It exists under constitutional law in many nations around the world, including the United States, Russia, the Philippines and the Republic of Ireland.
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cursed. The patient horses drooped sadly, and shivered in the lee
from his saddle. Kentuck, his racer, had been spared on the whole
threw the saddle over him, he showed that he knew the chase
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anticipated, his quarry had moved northward. Kentuck let out into
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wind.
In the teeth of the nipping gale Jones slipped close upon the
reddish-black calves leisurely loped in the rear. Kentuck, keen
clenched the coiled lasso. Before him expanded a boundless plain.
Kentuck, fresh and strong, was good for all day. Jones gloated
gold and jewels. Never before had he caught more than two in one
last herd, this the last opportunity toward perpetuating a grand
his life.
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Racing on the right flank of the herd, Jones selected a tawny
stiff and kinky from the sleet, failed to tighten, and the quick
whirled and sent the loop. Again it circled true, and failed to
the air with the stubborn rope. To lose a chance like that was
the frightened calf just back of its ears. A pull on the bridle
rolled over and over in the grass. Jones bounced from his.
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